Yes We Can, Yes We Can - No We Can't, No We Can't

The little coalition that could has run out of steam.

NDP'rs and the many "everyday people" who were all aboard to end Harper and restore peace, order and good governance will have to switch tickets to Obama's Abe Lincoln style train ride and inauguration for any hope of change. Of course, that too has potential to disappoint as emulating JFK while taking the same track as Abe Lincoln may be an ominous express ticket to a pre-destined stop.

Jack Layton has been tied to the tracks. Departing from New Democratic principles to fast track a deal that provided our corporate conductors with unlimited, unaccountable access to the public purse will leave Layton whistling in the wind. When the bail-outs do not "trickle-down" to Main street and taxpayers are left with the multi-billion dollar tab from this fast-motion train wreck Layton, as the coalition's engineer, will take the full brunt of the blow back.

How the NDP managed to take the single best opportunity the party ever had to deliver on its agenda and have it twisted into one of the largest corporate welfare debacles in history is a wonderment of gargantuan proportion. That no one chose to blow the whistle on Harper's deceptive strategy, but instead cleared the way for an express route to his self appointed destiny is a moment in our history that will alter the political landscape to the degree the completion of the CNR had, complete with exploits and corporate cronyism.

Now that Iggy is clearly on track to restore Canada's traditional coalition of Liberal/Conservative governance and cooperative pillage and plunder policies, they can rejoice in the limelight of getting Ottawa back on the rails while offloading the baggage of throwing good money after bad at the foot of the fringe parties and hapless leaders that cobbled together the coalition of the willing.

Politics is the art of the possible and while it was possible to restore majority rule, Layton got sidetracked, abandoned his principles and will be run over while Dion was simply thrown under the train and then backed over again to ensure any progressive gains on the environment and wealth redistribution were derailed and stopped dead in their tracks.

The inevitable train wreck that is the little coalition that could is more like a one way ticket for progressive Canadians through the vast expanse of the bleak Canadian political wilderness. If we do not change tracks soon Layton, the NDP, and by extension, Canada's majority of progressive thinkers, will be forced to live out the plight of the modern day Hobo bickering over how best to distribute the wealth we have left tied to our stick for years to come.