The Prime Minister and the leader of the fourth party held an extraordinary private meeting in Toronto last night to discuss how to save Paul Martin's job — at least for a while.
Martin and NDP Leader Jack Layton were discussing Layton's offer to help prop up the Liberal minority government if it changes the budget to suit the NDP's demands. The intent is to stave off an attempt by Stephen Harper's second-place Conservatives and the third-place Bloc Québécois to defeat the government over the budget. There were even rumours yesterday that Martin would offer Layton a cabinet post.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Layton made a deal with the devil. It suits his persona. I have never seen anyone in real life that so closely resembled a proverbial used car salesman more than Layton. Though, if Layton deals and gets himself a cabinet posting the NDP will not be able to take the moral high ground again and Layton will morph in my mind from the proverbial used car salesman to the human being most likely to resemble a character from the original “70’s show: Fernwood 2 Nite.
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