The new party would possibly be named the Liberal Democrats and there has been tentative talk about what a shared platform would look like and an understanding that a race would be required to choose a new leader.Hmmm... has anybody mentioned this little development to Count Ignatieff?
"Serious people are involved in discussions at a serious level," Warren Kinsella, a former adviser to former prime minister Jean Chrétien, told CBC News.
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RELATED: What good is it, having an angel...
...on your shoulder, if it's not toilet-trained?
C'mon, Michael... who's really driving the little red clown car?
In an exclusive interview with The Canadian Press, Ignatieff dismissed talk of a merger or any sort of election non-compete agreement with the NDP as "absurd."Hooo-ah!!!
"Liberals will campaign to form a Liberal government. We aren't interested in coalitions."
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FROM THE COMMENTS: Damn... there's my real post title.
"Any chance the new party could be called 'Shit From Hell'? It's a natural."Oh my gawd... it's like Fonzie meets the Flintstones.
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UPDATE: Ignatieff, Layton run for cover...
...as commenters at Globe & Mail get frisky...
"I wish Iggy would merge with a spine."Yeee...ouch!