Well, yes and no. It's not the first time a major party in Canada has crashed and burned like that. Heck, when I was younger the Progressive Conservative Party got down to two seats in response to the general population being sick of their bullshit. And again, had we had a different style of voting, there's no way they would have been so completely destroyed like that.
The Liberal party crashed & burned (in my opinion) in part because the attack ads against Ignattief were incredibly effective, in part because Ignattief is actually really lousy at connecting with people, and in part because of all the shenanigans that have gone on with the Liberal party since Chretien retired. They spent a bit too long basically saying "We're the natural ruling party of Canada!" without really saying what that meant.
I must admit, trying to unpack this is a bit hard because I don't know what you know and what you don't know.
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Date: 2011-05-04 07:31 pm (UTC)The Liberal party crashed & burned (in my opinion) in part because the attack ads against Ignattief were incredibly effective, in part because Ignattief is actually really lousy at connecting with people, and in part because of all the shenanigans that have gone on with the Liberal party since Chretien retired. They spent a bit too long basically saying "We're the natural ruling party of Canada!" without really saying what that meant.
I must admit, trying to unpack this is a bit hard because I don't know what you know and what you don't know.