Monday, March 27, 2006

Kingmaking and bookmaking

Apparently David Orchard hasn't had quite enough of the powerless king-maker role, and is considering a run at the Lib leadership. Which leads to the inevitable question: what will be promised by the eventual winner (and then later ignored) in exchange for Orchard's support?

My odds at this point...

- no merger with the Marijuana Party: 2-1
- no merger with the Conservative Party: 3-1
- no merger with Magna International: 15-1

- new ban on GMOs: 7-1
- continued ban on HMOs: 17-2
- interstellar ban on UFOs (Orchard's promise in order to win the crucial Hellyer delegation): 2^35-3

- re-nationalize Air Canada: 10-1
- re-nationalize Petro-Canada: 15-1
- nationalize the Canadian Blog Exchange: 25-1

- withdraw from NAFTA: 12-1
- withdraw from BMD: 17-1
- build our own BMD: 25-1
- build our own WMD: 500-1

Upon winning government,
- never offer Peter MacKay a cabinet post for crossing the floor: 30-1
- offer Peter MacKay a cabinet post, then conveniently ignore the deal after he crosses the floor: 100-1

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