So, the normal course thing to do is for the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition to stand up after the Speech from the throne and trash it. No matter what.
Dion went home.
Iggy gave the response and lead the Party.
I don’t think even the Dumpling would have been that stupid.
From which it follows that a)Dion may not last ’til Christmas, b) Iggy becomes interim leader, c) which remains in effect by default because the Grits don’t have the money for a conventional convention and have not the wit to do it online, d) Unless he goes early Harper loses the advantage of Dion as leader, e) there will be an election before Christmas.
Kick ‘em while they’re down is an excellent political strategy.
Written by jay on October 17th, 2007 with 3 comments.
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Preston Manning for GG. Then, load up the next throne speech with the word Reforrrrm. Promise to reforrrrrm the CBC. The Senate. Federal-provincial relations. SDA comments
ROFLOL.
Written by jay on October 17th, 2007 with no comments.
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Deputy Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said his party was extremely aware that Canadians don’t want to go to the polls.
“There’s no question … that Canadians are electioned out,” he said. “We have a responsibility to listen to that. That issue will be central in our minds, indeed.” globe and mail
Spare me. An election is twenty minutes of one’s time and, perhaps, a moment’s reflection. Do Canadians lust for the polls? Likely not. But please don’t pretend voting is like a root canal.
Iggy is making the classic error of confusing the fear and loathing of elections current in the stumbling Liberal Party with the views of actual, workaday, Canadians. Of course, never having met an actual Canadian, virtually everything Iggy says on the subject is the merest speculation. A plausible hypothesis awaiting the inevitable collision with the facts. An election would do him good.
Update: Westcoast Girl, who likes to stop by to roll her eyes at my AGW skepticism has a wonderful description of the voting procedure:
You see, it’s not as easy as you think. First, you must choose who you like. Then, you must say “I sure wish they were running for office!” Then, you figure out who actually is running. Then you figure out who might actually win. If you don’t hate that person a lot, you vote for them. Or if you do hate them a lot, you vote Liberal so that they will lose. Or if you’re one of the 20% of voting Canadians who is still full of that sweet, innocent hope that you should treat the world as it ought to be instead of as it is, you vote NDP. westcoast girl
And she’s on the left (albeit the thinking left)…does she have any idea how tough voting is for a libertarian. In Canada.
Written by jay on October 17th, 2007 with 2 comments.
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