Rock and a hard place

Maple Leaf Politics discusses how Harper has apparently cornered the Bloc for the moment. Noteworthy in the article is the Bloc's apparent flattery-by-imitation of one of the NDP's central themes from the last campaign:

Bloc officials say their party won't be fooled again when the next federal vote rolls around.

It's hard to blame Duceppe for picking up on what was a generally successful strategy for the Dippers. But with enough repetition of a line that's rightly associated with Jack Layton, the Bloc may just end up unwittingly reminding Quebeckers of yet another federalist competitor. And if the NDP is able to take over the support of any significant chunk of the Bloc's left wing, then the Bloc may well reached its feared extinction before long.