Harper's not being able to speak on behalf of his appointment opf Emmerson is not a strength, it is a clear sign of Harper's weakness and inability to understand the democratic system, the people of Vancouver did not elect Emmerson because he is an outstanding fellow, but because he was part of the Liberal party, because they found that the Liberal party better represented their views. Harper's inability to speak just shows how he is ignoring the peoples voice and has placed himself a the person who has all the say in the decisions, he is a dictator in a way, he does what he wants not what the people want from him.
As for troops in Afghanistan, oh well he surprise visited them, that does not mean anything, he did it to gain public support, he does not care who dies in Afghanistan, why would he.
Next, lets speak more on the topic that affects people, his platform for this election was based on, giving money away and taking away programs. For example, the child care thing, so he is going to give every family(including those people who make millions or those that have family taking care of the children) with a child under 6 a 100$ cheque, or whatever it may be, every month, but as a result he will take away the childcare program that had been put in place by the liberals a while back. I don't see the point in that.
Or even better the entire GST thing, he will reduce the GST from 6-7 percent, but he will return the income tax from the reduced 16% back to 17%, once again, how does that make sense. Oh and by the way if you didn't know an increase of one percent in income tax is more then a decrease of one percent in GST.
I don't see why you are trying to support someone who is clearly not democratic and I don;t see how one can look at his visiting the troops as just a ploy to gain public support.