Another attempt to create good news for the Liberal Party: After months of speculation and rumours, Stephane Dion is finally going to appoint Marc Garneau in Westmount Ville-Marie.
As an inhabitant of the riding, I admit to being ambivalent about this (although there were many worse choices) but I sort of pity the local Liberals, who have seen Ottawa impose on them a "star" from on-high twice in a row now. Alas, several good people were lining up to run for a contested nomination. At least Garneau actually lives in the riding. Lucienne Robillard, who in more than a decade as MP, never moved there from Chambly.
Pity may be a strong word, but it's the best one I can think of. I also pity Stephane Dion. No schadendfreude here. OK, maybe it's a bit comforting to finally see someone on the Liberal side going through what he's going through after seeing it so many times on the right. But I sympathise with the plight of any political leader who is constantly being hounded by the media, day after day, as they search for a new story to continue pushing their "he can't do anything right" narrative. Stockwell Day is the best example of this. Stephen Harper was there in 2005 for a bit. Harper pulled through, and so will Dion.
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