Interesting column this weekend from Jeffrey Simpson:
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Wynne’s opponents misread Ontario’s basic moderation
Tim Hudak, a nice man it is said by those who know him but a dopey political leader, resigned after leading his Progressive Conservative Party to the political slaughterhouse. Andrea Horwath, the NDP leader, should have followed suit.
Ms. Horwath, we might recall, more than anyone else turned a Liberal minority government into a majority. Had she supported the Liberal budget, which any self-respecting NDP leader would have been proud to have written with only minor adjustments, life would have carried on at Queen’s Park.
But, no, Ms. Horwath for reasons best known to herself decided to withdraw her support from the minority Liberals, plunge the province into an election, present a platform charitably called idiosyncratic but more accurately incoherent, descend into shrill and shameless name-calling, and watch the fruits of her labour afford the Liberals a chance to return with a majority.
On election night, with the shambles of her judgment evident in the result, she offered “no regrets” for her decision, remorse apparently not being part of her character. For her lack of judgment, the political showers ought to beckon. If New Democrats have any sense they will escort her there if she chooses in the months ahead not to head that way herself.
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Rest here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/wynnes-opponents-misread-ont...