Ignatieff is the best damn thing to have happened to the Liberals
November 21, 2009 by Dirk
Definitely not the star Liberals thought or hoped he would be. Sure he wrote some interesting books and is probably a darn good debater and smart to boot,albeit in a bookish way.
His poor performance since becoming interim leader (Dec/08) and then leader (May/09) ,should come as no big surprise. After all the academic world is a very different animal from that of the political,never mind the every-day-world of real people.
He’s gonna have to do more,than just write a book, about how Canadian he supposedly is,lol.
But all’s good.
Iggy’s inability to find his footing,or a personality for that matter, illustrates just how irrelevant & out-of-touch the Liberals really are. Indeed the only real alternative to the Conservatives is and always has been the NDP.
All though I am not a big fan of polls as a very reliable indicator of the popular will over the long term,they do seem fairly reliable over the short term.
And on that front the NDP’s star,unlike some others, seems to be on the rise. Taken together with the NDP’s good showing in the last election & in the 4 recent by-elections things are definitly going the NDP’s way.
Slow and steady wins the race ,that,principles and an articulate leader like Jack Layton,not infallible for sure but of all the party leaders he is by far the better,who hammers away on the issues that matter to ordinary/working folk & small/family run business.
The federal New Democratic Party has vaulted to levels of voter approval not seen since before the last federal election, as Canada’s two major parties struggle to hold support, suggest findings of a poll released Friday.
The NDP surged six percentage points to 19 per cent support nationally, according to results of an Ipsos Reid poll, commissioned by Canwest News Service and Global National.
Perhaps a better title is Ignatieff’s the best thing to happen to Canada/Canadians.