Stephen Harper is a wimp.
Harper managed to put off his political death at least until the end of January. He asked Canada's Governor-General to prorogue, or suspend, Parliament, and she granted his request. So rather than facing a confidence vote on December 8, now he gets to hold on to power while our country's economy goes to hell. Hopefully he spends the next two months figuring out how to fix it rather than how to screw the opposition parties.
Harper has gone from being the bully to the victim. All of a sudden, the nerdy wimps he's picked on for the last three years have decided to stand up and fight back. Too bad they didn't do it during the election campaign, but better late than never.
And to those of you who say the proposed Liberal-NDP coalition wouldn't be legitimate, I suggest you take a look at our constitution. This country doesn't elect a head of government the way the United States does. In a minority government, if the majority (in this case, the opposition parties) can show they have the support of the house to govern, then they should govern. What Harper is doing is what is illegitimate and undemocratic. He's running from the people's representatives. He's so afraid of losing his job and losing his grip on power, he's decided to take his ball and go home, and hope the other kids will lose interest in the meantime.
All the prime minister has done is delay the inevitable. Come January 2009, he'll still be out of a job. And then we'll either see a coalition government, or we'll have yet another election. Either way, Harper's days as prime minister are numbered. If the opposition can't get rid of him, his own party will show him the door.
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