Dave Smith a écrit :

> alsandor wrote:
>
> > Your point being? He's elected, he's a citizen and he can run for
> > leader if he wants.
>
> The president of his riding association dropped a bombshell 3 days beforethe election,
> suggesting people not vote for the Liberals because of the way he was parachuted in. I
> don't know exactly how damaging it was for the party, but they did lose the election.

But your point is pointless (as it were) as Ignatieff was elected with
a sound majority. He obviously is not tied to Chrétien and the
bagmen. The resignation of the president of the riding association was
equally pointless :-)

> I heard Sheila Copps whining on the news last night about Martin and his dirty tricks,
> but Sheila was part of Chretien's crew, and they were the bunch who were responsible
> for the scandal for which Martin was left holding the bag. I was glad tosee her get
> shafted out of the running.

It's my understanding that Sheila was not a candidate in the election
(or were you talking about the leadership?) and has in fact been making
good money as a political commentator. She's popular in Québec with
federalists as she is fluently bilingual which many of her fellow
anglos in politics are not.