Not really a lot going on for todays election blog. Mostly reaction to Berties delusional sentiments yesterday.
The big news is that Cowen will dissolve the Dail on Tuesday and set the date for a general election. I reckon 18th of February is the earliest date. In fact at this point an early election might stem some of the bleeding and limit the time for anti-Fianna Fail revelations.
Kenny and Noonan are jumping the gun a bit by meeting with José Manuel Barroso over the EU/IMF bailout. I wonder this will be jumped on as a reason why Kenny hasn't been around. When detractors ask where is he the party will respond, he's been negotiating with the EU, what more can he do?
There hasn't been much coverage on the outcome of the meeting as yet but I'd be guessing that the fiscal element in the constitution or the corporation tax rate will be bargaining items for the EU. It shows a certain arrogance on behalf of FG (though Labour are showing the same) as if its already over bar the shouting. I wonder how it would upset the apple cart if Labour were the majority party.
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