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Politicswatch has been just disturbing the last couple of weeks since it would appear Stephane Dion has, in the National Posts words, "Stockwell Day Syndrome" which is scathing to say the least. I suppose the only reason this really has me worried is that i've always tended to lean in favour of the liberals, this doesnt mean i'm going to jump straight on the harper bandwagon, but come on, the leader makes the party. Unfortunately everyone chose the underdog, but in this case the underdog is just staying the underdog, as much as i have a persistent dislike for michael ignatieff based on his sudden interest in canada after contributing to the US economy for the last 15-20 years at his cushy job at harvard only to come here and attempt to transfer his academic name-power into real power. Most disappointing of all is Dion's open declaration that liberal members will be punished based upon how they vote on recent legislation, something that has happened for years and is the central cause of the lack of democracy we're experiencing in canadian government, or parliament at least. Unfortunately the wheels seem to already be in motion towards an election, hopefully someone will realize Harper is the only one with a chance and slam on the brakes before they spend milions more of our tax dollars on an election, as uncomfortable as it may be, we may be stuck with him for his full term, if he an avoid getting too comfortable like mulroney and chretien the PCs could be in for a while...shudder.