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12.02.2006

The Kennedy-Dion Love-In

In the end, it was probably Kennedy who made the biggest difference -- by dropping out of course, and delivering (by my count) the vast majority of his delegates' votes to Dion. A little foreshadowing, anyone?

(As I type this, Dion is sitting in a CBC soundstage with ol' Don "Kermit the Frog" Newman, answering questions about whether he would have supported Kennedy had Dion finished fourth and dropped off: "we share the love.")

Biggest surprise: Rae not going the distance.

Biggest relief: Ontario may still vote Liberal in the next election.

Biggest worry: Dion, despite his francophone-ness, failing to get past Harper's well-oiled Quebec War Machine by this time next year.

Thoughts?

posted by C. LaRoche at 20:42

4...thoughts from my fellow Saturnalians:

  • how bout biggest losers? I'll post on this topic later.

    I agree 100% with this post LaRue

    By Blogger Forward Looking Canadian, at Sat Dec 02, 09:54:00 p.m. AST  

  • Biggest loser?

    Well, discounting Joe Volpe, who seemed born a loser in this campaign, I'd say Rae got dumped pretty hard. He had more of a shot than anyone, Iggy included, but didn't even make the final ballot -- and he has an enormous debt to boot.

    Biggest winner you wouldn't expect (i.e. not the actual winner)? Probably Dryden, who had a barnburner speech, or Martha Hall Findlay, who seemed ultra-popular and did a lot to boost her profile and the profiles of her causes over the course of the campaign.

    The biggest winner may end up being the Liberal party itself -- but we'll see. And I'm NOT talking about elections -- I'm talking about reform.

    By Blogger C. LaRoche, at Sat Dec 02, 10:03:00 p.m. AST  

  • Chris:

    It was a very interesting weekend to say the least.

    By Blogger Devin Maxwell, at Wed Dec 06, 01:49:00 p.m. AST  

  • the biggest worry part - trudeau and chretien were both well-hated in quebec...if they could get over it then, they can now

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wed Dec 06, 09:52:00 p.m. AST  

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