yeah, you should cut the rum with something.

did you hear Layton in the legislature yesterday? He got slightly tongue-tied and said "when is the government going to stop subidizing big ass...er, big gas corporations?"

I'm a card-carrying NDP member but had to give the Tory minister credit for timing, he immediately responded "We'll investigate and get to the bottom of it."

I think Dion will do very well and has a good chance of winning the next election. Nothing invulnerable about Harper, assuming the Liberals have fired Martin's entire pathetic campaign team from last time. All the successful prime ministers in recent decades have been strong federalists from Quebec. (depending how you equate Mulroney and "federalist"--personally I prefer "traitor")

And I am amazed at the number of pundits who seemed stunned that a so-called "dark horse" won--last time I checked 20 + 20 = 40% and the Kennedy/Dion deal was widely rumoured the whole week before the convention. Kennedy timed his pullout perfectly to give Dion a chance to build on the 3rd.

Rae would never have backed Iggy, but there was a rumour that Iggy would back Rae after the 2nd, just to stop Dion. Product of a fevered imagination, but what a story that would have been. Iggy's ego--and the fact that he was still leading, though already doomed by math--stood in the way.