Inside Politics I
A devastating setback for Liberal brand if Ignatieff loses
On the plus side, though, Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien and Stephen Harper all came from behind to win. And the Liberals are hardly the only ones for whom a potential fall campaign amounts to a big leap in the dark.
Since the early '80s the federal Liberals have faced a united Conservative Party in five general elections and lost four, in 1984, 1988, 2006 and 2008. They barely hung on to power with a minority in 2004.
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