What about the bloc?

The globe has an article out today examining what the Bloc should do next. Do they keep the hardline stance, or do they shift to try to take up the ADQ's view, and get rid of the referendum notion, like the PQ is thinking about. Especially with the rumours of Duceppe switching to lead the PQ, it means both the PQ and Bloc will have to think and decide what their positions will be for their respective parties.

If the Bloc can't hold the seats that the ADQ won, then they'll be relegated to obscurity. A 20 to 30 seat bloc would be pretty useless, overall. Especially with a showing like that, it would probably be at the hands of a Conservative majority. But with the PQ at an all-time low, and if we keep the rumours of Duceppe swapping back provincially, then it would be tough to convince voters to vote for them.

And going forward, if the Bloc is seriously slumping, that leaves the Liberals as the party of opposition in Quebec to prevent a Conservative majority. We have to bring our message to Quebeckers that the only true way to prevent a Conservative majority is to vote Liberal. We have to reinforce the notion that the Bloc can't defend Quebec's interest against the Conservatives if they have a majority, and the only way to stop that is by electing a Liberal government.

Now this is all assuming a Bloc in rubble, and an election coming up soon. If we end up waiting on an election, then lots can change, but as long as the Bloc is weakened and still slightly directionless (or even worse for them, keeping their hard-line stance on a referendum), I think we should be able to steal back a couple seats. Not a lot, but every little bit counts.