Quebec by-elections

Well, I got part of the headlines right, but so far, we are still seeing all these backstabbing stories popping up. Sure, we're back to our "anonymous MPs" or poli sci profs commenting on the plot to destroy the Liberals from within. Dion may not be the perfect leader, but he's keeping us quite steady in the polls so far. And if we could end this little bickering, actually do some changes to the party structure (I don't think I've seen anything that even remotely looks like "renewal" so far), then it doesn't matter who the face on the posters is.

But really, with a bit of work, we can easily not lose the next election that badly. I don't think we have a very good chance at coming out ahead of the conservatives barring a major scandal brewing, but we can do decently. They may talk about some sort of Quebec revolution, and getting 30-40 seats in Quebec, and whatever else they may think of, but they're not riding high overall. If, whenever the next election may be (I still think it's at least a 50-50 shot that we'll see it before the end of the year), we can avoid the media talking about plots to take down Dion, we may actually do fine.

But for the next little bit, I guess it's back to provincial politics, where McGuinty and Tory are fighting to see whether the voters like education/hate religious schools more than they hate broken promises from 4 years ago.