Vote down the Liberals?
I've been following the unstable political situation in Ottawa fairly closely from over here. There is much talk of a non-confidence vote, and speculation as to whether or not Jack Layton and the NDP's threats to side with the Bloc and Conservatives are genuine or not. See this story for an example. The NDP would be fools to dislodge the current government. Why would they? So they can change from being a minority party in a Liberal-minority dominated house to a minority party in a Conservative-minority dominated house? The thought is laughable. Why would the NDP want the liberals to lose seats to the Bloc and the Conservatives? The only reason they hold such political sway right now is precisely because of the current precarious political balance in the House of Commons. If the NDP do decide to vote down the Liberals (which they won't unless it becomes very obvious in the polls that that is what the people want) they had better pick up at least a few seats in BC to make up for switching from a Liberal to a Conservative dominated house.