Martin's coronation
Last night I attended the Liberal leadership convention in Toronto. I saw Paul Martin's acceptance speech at the Air Canada Centre. (Read it here). To me it seemed rather flat. He is long on puffy platitudes and short on detail. As a fellow journalist told me, "he has to put some meat on the bones." Martin evoked images of his father and his commitment to public life; praised the Liberal record; exclaimed that he would not be beholden to the left or right wings of his party; said he would create a new relationship with Canada's cities, etc... . Nothing we hadn't already heard before. The afterparty was fun, Sloan gave a live concert. I'm not imnpressed though at the cheapness of the Liberals -- it was a cash bar! Didn't Martin raise something like $12 million for his leadership?
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 2:49 PM
