He cannot run an election, OR govern in a minority OR a majority, without shoving people like this to the sidelines. They drag him down like a manhole cover on the leg of a long-distance swimmer. He'll use them and betray them, secure in the knowledge they have nowhere else to go.

Or they'll get disappointed and destroy him.

This isn't a big crisis. Popcorn time, rather. Let's all sit back and take bets on how Harper gets his ass handed to him. Myself, since he's a soulless arsehole, I think he'll doublecross them. I hope his ankles are padded and he's got his rabies shots up to date.