The Coming Humiliation of Stephen Harper?

by Murray Dobbin | CounterPunch | Click HERE to read article

If Stephen Harper was really a strategic genius he would have either done a much better job of selling the Northern Gateway pipeline or he would have found an exit strategy. But his genius, as always, has a nasty little virus attacking it. Harper’s outsized self-regard, contempt for his adversaries and his inability to appreciate the consequences of excessive risk are slowly creating a perfect election storm – a failure to achieve tar sands expansion and a crumbling economic recovery.