Bob Rae should put his money where his mouth is

In the wake of the Governor General’s decision to acquiesce to the request of the Prime Minister to prorogue Parliament, Bob Rae has emerged as the prime champion of the Liberal-NDP coalition that would be propped up by the Bloc Quebecois. Even lame duck Liberal leader, Stéphane Dion has somewhat backed down from the Axis of Idiots, claiming that the Harper government might survive after Parliament returns if the budget is acceptable to his party. As for Rae’s only real competitor in the leadership race, Michael Ignatieff, if he were really gung ho on the idea of a coalition, we would have heard from him during the week before Parliament was prorogued. Jack Layton, assumed to be the driving force of the coalition, now seems to have taken a back seat to the former Ontario NDP premier.