Easy way to make Iggy back down, again

The National Post's John Ivison made a suggestion, which if played right, could provide the way out of this most recent bluster from Iggy, the Arrogant Minded Professor.

"The real challenge with EI over the next few months will be the duration of benefits. In the last budget, the Conservatives extended entitlement by five weeks to a maximum of 50 weeks, at a cost of more than $1-billion. Yet a look at the way the unemployment rate has risen during the course of this year suggests that for many of the 800,000 Canadians on EI, their eligibility period might soon be up.

These are voters looking for someone to blame and the Liberals could have tapped into that bubbling anger. Instead, it is a good bet the Conservatives will further extend EI benefits in the coming fall fiscal update and the opportunity will have been lost."

So, boys and girls, this is how Prime Minister Stephen "Chessmaster" Harper wins yet again... introduce a Fall Economic Update which includes another 5-week extension to EI benefits. Then, schedule the vote for the day AFTER the vote on the Liberal non-confidence motion.

The Liberals take us down, THEY get tagged for killing the extension of EI benefits. Or, the NDP sees the opening, states that they oppose the direction of this Government, but will keep the House standing so that they can support the extension of EI benefits... for which they'll get the credit for "Making Parliament Work".

Or, Door Number Three, which is the best possible outcome... IGGY BACKS DOWN.

Check... and mate?

UPDATE: Some further thoughts... upon reflection, I realized, why on earth would the NDP want to avoid an election right now? With Iggy being the farthest right leaning leader the Liberals have possibly ever had, there's a lot of left leaning Liberal votes that are pretty ripe for the poaching in places like Toronto.