Iggy It Is

Is it just me or does the coronation of Ignatieff feel like a really bad move optics-wise? I mean, if the coalition survives and tries to offer itself up as an alternative government, we know there'll be more attempts to paint it as a coup d'etat. And all Harper will have to say is, "Even the leader of this coalition wasn't democratically elected by his party" and it'll be game, set and match Conservatives.

Would an internet poll of party membership really have been that difficult? Here we are living in the 21st century ----- it's the freaking future already! ----- and the Liberal brass reckon if they can't get everyone together in a room for a show of hands it's just not on? I suppose technically this process was just to pick their interim leader but wouldn't the smart move after being charged with acting undemocratically be to move forward super-democratically by encouraging Rae to stay in the race then letting every Liberal and their Liberal dog vote for leader? Odds were pretty good Iggy still would've had it in the bag. But no, let's cling to all our antique customs because clearly the canadian public is so well informed about the way the parliamentary system works.

I wonder if Paul Martin is starting to regret all that provincial transfer money he cut that would've gone into social studies education.