Trying to 'wrong-foot' Libertas

The Irish Independent paper today revealed that the Irish Government is considering running the anti-democratic second vote on the Constitution/Lisbon Treaty on the same day as the EU elections. Why would they bring it forward from the already announced October date? According to the Independent:

Proponents maintain that the idea has merits, not least that it would completely wrong-foot Libertas.

Yes, you read that correctly. 

They want to move it to damage the No vote. 

Is this really the dire state that Irish politics has fallen to, where its own Government resorts to stunts rather than debate to try to force through legislation that the public have already voted against?

And given that they have already announced the reason for it, what makes them think that the Irish public would be more likely to support it now? Just how much contempt do they have for the Irish public?

On a more encouraging note, it demonstrates just how scared they are of Libertas and its positive message for change. If they have to resort to dirty tricks (just like the EU is in Brussels), it is an admission that they have already lost the debate on the real issues.