Harper Poised to Become His Worst Enemy; Joe Clark.

In 1985, a young innocent man made his way to his first full-time job full of zest and optimism. Unfortunately that experience went sour quickly when that individual met a good friend of his boss, who was an arrogant, obnoxious senior minister of the government of the day. That little boy went running back to the prairies, absolutely crushed by the behavior of that big bad Ottawa Minister. He was a big bully, and that little boy was going to have his revenge. He would dedicate the next ten years to bringing down this person. He began with running against the person who first made the introduction, while his new best friend ran against that arrogant minister.

The little boy grew up. When it was time to make amends with the arrogant minister to fight the real bullies, he couldn't come to grips. Instead he waited for the arrogant Minister to retire, so he could inflict the ultimate revenge against him and his little dog.

Stephen Harper likes to be compared to John Diefenbaker. The Chief ended a Liberal dynasty with a minority government, and returned the next year with the largest plurality in Canadian history. (Only Brian Mulroney would have a larger seat count).

According to the latest polls Diefenbaker and Mulroney comparisons may not be in Mr. Harper's immediate future. Instead he could become like the same individual that he holds so much contempt for, Joe Clark. When Harper was part of the Reform Party in the lead up to the 1988 election, Joe Clark was the party's first target. So much was that true, that party leader, Preston Manning ran against him. Harper's comments about his distaste for Mr. Clark are well documented, and many people in both the Reform and P.C. parties believe the merger was delayed over Harper's personal dislike of Clark.

Well Stevie, it looks as though you could become your worst enemy. Latest polls show that you may have knocked off the Liberal dynasty, only to blow it all in a matter of months later. Dief was ridding high in the polls at this point, and you are not.