More history rewritten

There's plenty of good news in Harris MacLeod's latest, including most notably the fact that the NDP and Libs are working cooperatively on their respective prorogation proposals rather than merely sticking to their current public stances, as well as a few new or recycled talking points from Steven Fletcher. But unfortunately, MacLeod also takes the time to join in the disinformation campaign about the public's view of the 2008 prorogation showdown:

The last time the Prime Minister prorogued Parliament public opinion was on his side, with Facebook groups and rallies popping up across the country to protest the prospect of a coalition government led by former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion (Saint-Laurent-Cartierville, Que.). This time, however, the prorogation has been political poison for Mr. Harper; in addition to mass public protests on Jan. 23, the Conservative lead over the official opposition Liberals has completely evaporated and the two parties are now neck-and-neck.

As I've pointed out before, there's indeed an important difference this time in that rather than public activism being evenly split between pro-Con and anti-Con forces, the public reaction has been almost entirely unfriendly to Harper. But it's still worth remembering that coalition itself actually had a substantial amount of public support as well - particularly now that the Cons are trying to paint it as an evil which requires that the PM exercise complete control over Parliament.