The coalition between the Liberals and NDP with the support of the Bloc is dead, killed by Layton. Layton’s behaviour leading up to and since the budget was delivered to the House has done nothing except prove what Harper’s Conservatives claimed that he was after, a power grab. For the Liberals to quickly fall in line behind Layton’s desires would be political suicide.

The difference between Ignatieff’s Liberals and Layton’s NDP is that they have and can form a government. Layton can only get there on the backs of the Liberals and he knows it. Had he truly been wanting to do what was right for the Canadian people, he’d have kept his mouth shut prior to the budget and taken a wait and see approach.

Then when Ignatieff referred to the successes the combined efforts of the Opposition parties in getting a better budget than what the Conservatives would have otherwise delivered, Layton could have did his pompous little strut and taken some of the accolades.

The Liberals and the NDP could have leveraged that cooperation to hold the Conservatives accountable for their behaviour and to push for even more for the Canadian people.  The possibilities would be endless for stopping the Conservatives from governing as though they have a majority and forcing them to either work with the opposition like any minority government should or face the wrath of the people.

No, Layton, having been denied his immediate grab at the ring of power, went into whiney, sulk mode and killed the coalition dead. What a little, little man.

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