pretty outrageous statement with no reasoning given. Doer had 4 good years as a premier, in the Bill Clinton/Tony Blair pseudo-progressive mold. That's about it. Doer benefited hugely from the total degradation of the Manitoba conservatives and liberals (the same place the manitoba ndp now occupy)

The fact that Doer had no problem being Stephen Harper's man says it all. 

"maybe he privately declined" Uh-huh, no doubt it was offered to him on a platter. Keep dreaming.

And yes, even if Doer had gotten a minority for the ndp, it would've been a massively wasted opportunity as Doer would have made sure all the powers-that-be were well looked after before changing the littlest thing.