Phew
So Cherniak called it. I'm surprised Kennedy was able to do so well on the first and second ballots. Hopefully he'll take some extra French lessons so he can run in a decade. By switching after the second ballot I'm sure he'll be taking a senior position in the future Dion cabinet. It'll be interesting to see how it all turns out.
I wonder when Iggy's gonna go back to Boston?
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- sigh -
I guess we can all breathe a little easier now that good has triumphed over evil once and for all. Edit
That's precisely why I left the last line in...I hadn't heard from you in a while Kev :)
I don't think it's a matter of good vs. evil. I'm really against that kind of binary thinking.
But Iggy made a terrible mistake in supporting the war in Iraq. Forgiveable perhaps, but not forgettable. I'd never want Canada to be run by someone who could make such a gross error in judgment. And fortunately, ~55% of Lib delegates agreed. Edit
I was glad he didn't get the nod either. I'm not sure which Canidate I liked the best, but I think Dion is as good a choice as any. I think this fear he can't get votes out West or in Quebec is probably unfounded. I suspect people who won't vote for him wouldn't have voted for any of the other candidates. He may also steal NDP support, he seems like such a left-leaning sort of dude with all his talk of the environment. Edit
JB, I tend to agree with you. He's as good a candidate as anyone else. I still respect Iggy and hope he sticks it out in politics for a little while though. That respect will be lost if he resigns and flees the country.
Incidentally, I heard that Montreal was a great place to be last weekend. Edit
Actually, (note: this'll likely be the one and only time you'll hear me come out in defence of Iggy), I'm pretty confident he'll stick around.
And I actually think he'd be a good voice within the party, what with the academia and all. He's different, might even be good cabinet material. Just not foreign affairs. Edit
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