I have to say I’m a little sad to see Dion go. He wasn’t what the Liberal party needed this time around, but I did feel a sort of affinity with him, with his postgraduate degrees, book writing, wacky student politics, and time spend abroad. Stephane, if you ever want to get together and talk about books and politics I’ll be around. You can even help me with my French!
I’m not really feeling it with any of the new contenders (or people “who some observers say may have their eyes on the Liberal helm”, in vague CBC terms) . CBC’s smashing political montage didn’t exactly rouse my excitement, either:
They could be the same four people with slightly different hair, for christ’s sake. But I decided to actually read the article and found there were some interesting tidbits:
Ruby Dhalla: is under 40!
Bob Rae: used to be an NDPer! (I suspect this is one of those things every else already knows and tries to act surprised when I bring up in conversation)
Frank McKenna: Voted for Bill C-484 and is notoriously anti-choice. Um, what the hell? (hat tip to JJ)
Several candidates: worked for Michael Ignatieff at some point. Running against your former boss= awkward!
