ELECTION Post Mortem

Dion had three MAJOR problems:
1. His language skills.2. His demanour (personality challenged). When he smiled - occasionally - it was with closed lips.3. "Green Shit" - sorry, "Green Shift". It was a suicidal mission to make that his main platform. While really a better method than "cap & trade", he could not sell it, and it should never have been his number one issue. He could have keept it under the table - like the conservatives did. They were never made to explain theirs, because they knew it was a losing issue, and took full advantage of Dion's blunder.
I am sure Mr. Dion is a fine fellow - in the college crowd. But most voters are not college professors or PhD's. Joe Lunchbucket - the plebians - had no idea what he was talking about, they just heard the word TAX. Hopefully, he has enougth grace to exit quickly and not add insult to injury by hanging on until he is forced out!
There is another professor waiting in the wings. His name is Michael Ignatieff, and he is a carbon copy of Dion except he speaks English.He is the one that said Isreal was commiting ethnic cleansing in Palestine. If the Libverals are stupid enough to go for another egghead, they deserve to go the way of the DODO.
There is a couple of other fellows that might do the trick: Bob Rae is also erudite, eloquent, and does not require a personality transplant.Then there is John Manley: likable, intelligent and very experienced; holding posts in the Chretien government, like Finance, Foreign Affairs and Depety PM. He also headed a bi - partisan commission on Afghanistan last winter. He might be their best choise of all!
If the Liberals don't get a life and make a sensible choise this time, they will be a long time in opposition and possibly share the faith of the old Progressive Conservatives - remember, the Conservatives with Progressive in their name?