Quote Originally Posted by Panda-NZ- View Post
Ie, break an election promise so the right people can get in.
This is why it is silly imo when anyone rules people out in a MMP envronment.

Because when the votes are counted, of course everyone is going to try to do a deal.

It is a big risk to rule anyone out (especially Winnie). You have to be certain that ruling the person out crash their voter base.

And you can't be sure of that, so don't do it or else you have to backtrack and end up just gifting political opponents and media something to criticise you over.