Murder, mayhem and the case for an early vote: Tim Harper

[CHIMO]

OTTAWA—Stephen Harper is about to get a bump in public approval.

It comes with the turf for a leader after a period of national trauma, which then manifests itself in flag-waving, resolve and defiance.

The prime minister earned this expected bump.

His partisans would have cheered his vow that we will not be intimidated, but others saw a side of Harper rarely on display, as he embraced political adversaries, teared up at Nathan Cirillo’s funeral and told MPs to seek help if they felt stress after last week’s events.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/30/murder_mayhem_and_the_case_for_an_early_vote_tim_harper.html

I'd say that the odds are better than even we will have an election before Duffy becomes an issue again. Now how do the Conservatives loose a budget vote?

[arikara]

1. He's sure been visible on the photo ops lately

and there is nothing about Harper that isn't calculated. It really has to irk him that he wound up in a closet when the mentally ill gunman was running down the hallway.