Harpers decisions now will prove fruitful later

A few oberservations on the reaction to Harper's cabinet choices:

1. The main stream liberal media feel the winds of change blowing hard up their arses and they don't like the feeling one bit.

They can see and feel that Mr. Harper is seizing the moment with bold moves and surprising those who don't like to be outwitted. The new PM is a different breed of leader, he is smarter than any of the Liberal elites that have grown accustomed to basking in the Liberal sun for the past 13 years. Liberal elites of the Globe&Mail and other MSM know it their souls that things are really different now, they can feel it every time they look into Mr. Harper's eyes, hear his voice and look at their colleagues. This PM will have his way, and not one of them can do a darn thing about it.

2. The Emerson and Fortier (E&F) picks will help Mr. Harper win a majority.

A brilliant tactician like Harper realized a trade-off needed to be made:
Endure a few days of heat over 'controversial picks' as the MSM puts it; versus Losing a golden opportunity to sow up 2 key politcal figures who will have a long lasting affects in 2 key areas of the country that they will represent. Harper understands that current circumstances allow him to make moves that otherwise would not be wise to make. These circumstances include the fact that all of the opposition parties are under what I call the 'opposition glass ceiling (ogc)'. The OGC is where the Conservatives have spent a long time and a place where Liberals will have ample time yelling where no-one is listening. Winning government is sweet I say!

Mr. Harper knows all too well what it is like being under the OGC, where what you say really doesn't matter, because no one is paying attention. He knows that now is a time like no other: A time where he can infringe on his boundaries of political capital and not pay a price. What Harper understands is that moves like E&F can be made with little or no long term fallout. Quite the opposite I would say. E&F will prove most beneficial to quell nagging casualities of the eletion (ie. no seats in the major cities).

Bottom Line: E&F is a very good move at the right time. Time will show that these moves were made to win the war, not the battle that no one is paying any attention to.