iggy's weakness?

 Angelo Persichilli sees many weaknesses for the grits if they try and force an election. ( I doubt the bloq and the dippers are all that interested). I also want to see the balance sheets to see how the grits have paid off their debts. I still find that hard to believe. I have yet to see the figures on the elections Canada website. I really doubt there will an election any time soon. The economy will improve and things won't be so rosy for the accidental tourist.

Third, the Liberals don't have a well-crafted political platform that would allow them to present themselves as an alternative to the Conservative government.

At present, they are only fishing for an issue that would justify a non-confidence vote. First they asked the government to spend more and now are crying foul because the deficit is too high. Their request for the resignation of the minister of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, accused of mismanagement, doesn't hold water. The opposition need only read a few foreign newspapers to realize that Canada is widely considered to be the developed world's best economic performer. In fact, according to the International Monetary Fund, we can spend even more. And if the Liberal party believes that proposed changes to the employment insurance rules can be sold to the public as an economic program or an election issue, it had better think again.

Finally, I don't sense a clear, strong desire among the Canadian public for an election in the middle of a painful recession. Yes, the polls are better for the Liberals than they were during Stéphane Dion's leadership. Yet neither are they what you might expect for a newly appointed leader of the opposition at a time when a national government is facing a harrowing recession with thousands of jobs lost.