Wishful thinking, Dawg. He's not going anywhere because the Conservatives do not have a viable candidate to replace him. He'll keep his job, both as party leader and Prime Minister, because he is the best of a very weak group. More's the pity for Canada.
Um... yeah. Unfortunately, Dawg, with five days still to go in this election, I have three words for you: count, chickens and hatch.
He's not going anywhere because the Conservatives do not have a viable candidate to replace him.
Are there any other contenders besides Harper? I haven't seen hide nor hair of any lately. Maybe once they're let out of the oubliettes they're being kept in, we'll have a better idea.
Janes:
Have I ever not stuck my neck out?
I think I'm safe in my prediction, though.
As for replacement candidates: has Bernard Lord been doing anything, lately?
The good thing about sticking your neck out in this case is that if he's dumped soon, you can say "I told you so", but if he sticks around for another 8 years, no one is gonna remember you predicted otherwise. Very sly, Dawg. 
bring back stockwell von doris, viscount of day. if politics have to (it would certainly seem) be stupid, they might as well be funny too. I have no doubt that harper has many a long knife awaiting him in the long night of the conservative soul. you don't operate like he does without making plenty of enemies. what i want to know is who gets custody of the dozens and dozens of portraits of him and only him that decorate the parliament these days?
Dr. Dawg:
Remember Trudeau in 1972? "The Land is Strong"? Brought him within one seat of footnote-to-history territory. The rest is history. Sleep well.
But I will admit that this election proves that a popular NDP leader who impresses on the hustings in the face of two badly flawed campaigns by the two major parties during a time of economic crisis can inprove the Dipper's vote by as much as three percentage points. Didn't we know that?
I am just trying to figure out what a sitting PM is supposed to do when the stock markets go down for reasons only tangentially related to his country's economic performance. I would have thought showing "leadership" by not joining in the general panic would be about right. Apparently, however, I am wrong and the right answer is to, what, burst into tears. Announce unctuously, "I feel your pain."
I suspect the good Mr. Bow is right as to chickens and counting. And I suspect that anything but an outright, not even close, loss leaves Harper as leader.
But the man has been horribly advised and startlingly let down by his campaign planners. There was no reason that the CPC should not have owned the airwaves from the first minute of the campaign. Putting Harper in a cardigan did nothing to soften his robotic image. So why bother.
Run a competent robot who, from time to time, mocked the larger lunacies of the Liberal and NDP campaigns. Avoid annoying artists and Quebecers and, especially, Quebec artists. Be prepared for surprises.
This is basic stuff but apparently beyond the grasp of the CPC "inconclusive skirmish" room, and, sadly, Harper himself.
In the end I think the various vote splits and the general inaccuracy of polling will mean we will see a CPC minority. And it is just possible that Smilin' Jack will pick up enough seats that the Liberals - broke and in disorder - will finally remove their fetid corpse from the National scene. But, sadly, that may be too much to hope for.
"As for replacement candidates: has Bernard Lord been doing anything, lately?"
Perhaps Lord will be available after he's finished choosing the Memorial Cup site?
I would expect Jim Prentice to have a good chance of winning the leadership; but he may be too intelligent for the base.
But the man has been horribly advised and startlingly let down by his campaign planners.
Given that Harper has centralized all party decision-making to his own person to a greater extent that any PM in history be given responsibility for anything?
Bad campaign? Bad advisers. Plagiarism? Bad writers. Truman said "The buck stops here" but to Harper - like Bush - the buck always gets passed to somebody else.
DD:
Given the stakes with Harper in power I won't assume any such thing nor act as if it were true until the votes come in and prove it to be true. I firmly think you are counting chickens before the eggs have hatched with this one, although I can understand the reasoning on which you are doing so and that there is some basis for doing so in that reasoning. I hope you are correct, but I am not going to think you are until it is proven in the only poll that counts, the voting poll next Tuesday. Let us hope that you are correct.
Remember Trudeau in 1972? "The Land is Strong"? Brought him within one seat of footnote-to-history territory. The rest is history. Sleep well.
How unsurprising that the fatuous Peter would write something this loopy and useless.
Dumb. Peter is so very, very dumb.
And it is just possible that Smilin' Jack will pick up enough seats that the Liberals - broke and in disorder - will finally remove their fetid corpse from the National scene.
Dumb. So very, very dumb.
Although, Currie would have experience with fetid corpses. He's friendly with Kathy Shaidle and various neo-nazis, after all.
And you, Dawg: You've let these vicious. vile bigots and racists like Jay Currie infest your blog this whole time. You list them on your blog role, you consort with them, you've called them "sparring partners." As long as they don't identify as "Liberals," they're fine with you.
You're part of the problem too.
Ti-Guy, have you been visited by a few more, uh, spirits than usual this evening? Get a grip.
yipee, Bob "scortched earth economics" Rae in neet cabinet.
Given that Harper has centralized all party decision-making to his own person to a greater extent that any PM in history be given responsibility for anything?
Dawg, some of your commenters are poor writers.
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