Perhaps Broadbent is suffering from buyers remorse. NDP supporters bought into the dream that the Liberals had lost their minds, and were somehow going to construct a system where they got to share power. The desire for power, blinded them to reality, and now like any victim of a con artist feel they have been betrayed. Why would the Liberals possibly want to give up power ? They have everything to lose and they gain nothing. If they NDP were smart they would unite with the Liberals and a few of them could angle for cabinet posts if the Liberals are elected in the next election. It is unlikely they will ever reach the lofty heights of being the official Opposition again, and they risk dropping further into irrelevancy with the obvious split in the party. Politics is a dirty game, and the NDP got beat by the professionals.