tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post114805081226885393..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Harper winning skirmishes, but risks losing public trustUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1148140374962817242006-05-20T08:52:00.000-07:002006-05-20T08:52:00.000-07:00This continues the theme that Harper established i...This continues the theme that Harper established immediately after the election, when he induced David Emerson to join his government. At the time and for several weeks afterward various pundits expressed amazement that Harper should have such a political "tin ear" (Rex Murphy's words) as to make such a move.<BR/><BR/>Of the various explanations offered, none that I saw included the possibility that Harper was simply being vindictive: he was just incapable of resisting the opportunity to poke the Liberals in the eye.<BR/><BR/>The examples here tend to confirm a "Nyaaah, take that!" style of government that if continued may end up making Cretien seem gracious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com