Dion, Libs - Fine with More of the Same

There wasn't much doubt that the Libs would come up with some reason to keep propping up the Harper government. But the actual excuse looks like it dovetails nicely with the NDP's message that only the New Democrats offer any real prospect for change:

Liberal Leader Stephane Dion said his party is focused on making Parliament work and will not oppose the throne speech.

"As there is nothing new in this throne speech, it would be irresponsible to bring the government down on this," Dion told reporters.

Now, there's plenty of reason to dispute the claim that there wasn't anything new in what the Cons served up today. And I'll deal with some of the brand new problems with the throne speech itself in future posts.

But even assuming it to be true that there wasn't anything new, is there a worse message the Libs could send than to say that more of the same from Harper is just fine with them? And will that kind of public position make it even tougher for the Libs to summon up the spine to actually oppose the Cons in the future?

(Edit: fixed wording.)