Is the "Green Shift"(TM) actually an internal Liberal "knife"?

Well, it looks like we're heading into a full blown campaign within the week. After reading today's news of the "changes" that Dion is already making to the plan, I got to thinking...

For months, everyone has been joking about Dion having to watch his back for "the knives" from within his own ranks. In fact, he even made light of it himself during the National Press Gallery Dinner, saying that wearing a backpack was a handy way of protecting his own back.

Then I started thinking a little more about the "Green Shift"(TM), and how Dion said himself during the Liberal leadership race that a Carbon Tax was a bad idea.

Then the thought occured to me... what if, in reality, the "Green Shift"(TM) IS THE KNIFE IN DION'S BACK?

Think about it. We know that there are folks in the OLO who want to get rid of Dion. These guys also know that if somehow, thanks to the strength of the Liberal brand, he manages to hang on and win an election, they're stuck with him... just ask Paul Martin how hard it is to get rid of a sitting PM. They also know that Dion is a dreamer, and likes the "big ideas", even if they're not politically popular.

So, what do they do? They put together something like the "Green Shift"(TM), and sell it to Dion as "the BIG idea" for him to run on. He buys into it whole hog, and makes it his centrepiece of his campaign. It's an environmentally based plan, which is the issue that's near and dear to his heart, so there's no way he's going to take a pass on it.

Meanwhile, these guys in the OLO are no dummies... they know it's going to go over with the population like a lead ballon, and will give the Tories no shortage of material to work with. During the impending campaign, they'll even be able to leak damaging numbers and such to the media, and the plan will get ripped to shreds... Dion's already having to make changes to it, with less than a week to go to an election. (Hey Mr. Dion, while you're reprinting all your brochures with your changes, now is as good a time as any to print a new name on it, instead of the trademarked "Green Shift"(TM) name you guys stole)

Anyway, in their impending loss, it will be Mr. Dion alone who will wear the blame for "Green Shift"(TM) debacle, since he's the one who campaigned during the leadership on a "green" platform... the green scarves and all. As such, he'll be forced to walk away from the OLO, and a new leadership race will begin. And none of the new leadership contenders will have to deal with the post "Green Shift"(TM) fallout, since that electoral disaster will be seen as Dion's baby alone.

The Liberal Party will be able to walk away from the "Green Shift"(TM) blast zone pretty much unscathed... but Stephane "Green Shift"(TM) Dion will be finished.

Just you watch... I'm not a betting man, but I'm almost willing to put money on this theory as to what's really going behind the scenes within the Liberal Party of Canada...