I’ve thought about the sweet prospect of the current civil war creating a formal split in the Liberal Party….Sean, at Pol:Spy goes one better. He has a plan
Conservatives need to find a way to start a new party that will attract disaffected Liberals. It would be after the Warren Kinsellas and Sheila Copps of Canada. It would be incredibly left-leaning, promising a new and improved Nanny State, and free government handouts for everyone. Of course, the party wouldn’t win – it’s not supposed to. However, it would siphon Liberal votes from the other Liberal Party (along with a strengthened NDP) and put the Conservatives right up the middle.
Just as you fight fire with fire, you can fight Liberals with Liberals. The entire Reform/ Alliance/PC fustercluck proved this and then some.
Heh.