Opposition Running Scared And Race Hasn't Even Started

Here we go again....the hidden agenda

Fearing Harper could win a majority, rivals sound early alarm

CAMPBELL CLARK AND DANIEL LEBLANC

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

September 6, 2008 at 1:35 AM EDT

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper's opponents are breaking out sharp early warnings as polls suggest the Conservatives are rising toward majority-government territory, with the Bloc Québécois already saying the Tories are close, and the Liberals planning to start the campaign on an attack footing.

Even before the campaign begins Sunday, Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe issued the kind of stop-a-majority plea that is usually a last-ditch tactic. The Liberals, reluctant to follow suit because it implies they are ceding their chance at power, nonetheless hinted that the prospect of a Tory majority might shake up voters.

In Montreal on Friday, Mr. Duceppe used the Conservatives' boost in the polls to argue that Quebeckers must elect Bloc MPs or Mr. Harper will have free rein.

“His objective is to enact his hidden agenda in its entirety, in a majority government,” Mr. Duceppe said at a news conference.

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