If the common sentiment in the Liberal Party becomes that the only reason we lost in 2006 was because of Adscam, and the only reason we lost in 2008 was because of Dion, then Stephen Harper is going to become the longest serving Tory PM since John A. Macdonald.

With that in mind, everyone should check out the opinions of Misters Silver and Axworthy.

As for Mr. Reid’s belief that:

No. [Our goal] should be to win more seats than our competitors and ideally, more than the 155 seats required to form a stable majority government. Let’s not over-think this thing, for Pete’s sake. It’s about getting more Liberal MPs in the next election, not increasing popular vote over the next decade.

Here’s the problem. The Liberals won 76 seats. They were within 10% of winning in 33 other seats – so maybe the “quick fix” can get us up to 109 seats next election and if that’s Scott’s target, that’s probably doable. If you’re a little more optimistic and you assume the Liberals win every seat they were in second place and within 20% of winning this time, that gives us 137 seats next election. Not bad, unless you consider that using the same criteria leaves the Conservatives competitive in 208 seats next election.

What people need to recognize is that when the Liberal Party isn’t even competitive in 155 seats, winning a majority government becomes kind of difficult. And unless real changes are made, it’s not going to get better anytime soon, no matter what saviour descends from the heavens to lead the party.