Well, that was an interesting turn of events. Though Kennedy didn't win, he basically played kingmaker. He picked the correct time to throw his support behind Dion, got an astonishing 90% of his delegates to support Dion, and Dion rode the wave the rest of the way to the leadership. I guess what was likely the last delegate convention this country will see was among the most surprising in history.

Dion's speech was pretty satisfyingly optimistic, too. He seemed to say the right things to unite the party, pay tribute to previous leaders, and invite the other candidates to work with him. And, not too surprisingly, the words "sustainable environment" were front and center in the speech. His track record seems to indicate dogged adherence to principle, in spite of the obstacles facing him (see: the Clarity Act, and his short tenure working on the Kyoto file.) We've been fooled before by rhetoric (*cough* Paul Martin), so it remains to be seen whether he lives up to his speech, but, in lieu of a extensive record on which to base a decision, he at least feels like a positive choice.

As for the other leadership vote, it'll probably be less dramatic, though there may also be a significant change. I did find the recent comparisons of Ed Stelmach to Harry Strom (the last SoCred Premier of Alberta), apropos of nothing, interesting. One wonders how much of a threat the other two candidates consider Stelmach to be. At the very least, if he made it to the final ballot, he's definitely got the second choice support, meaning there's a good chance that he could end up pulling a Dionâ„¢.

Of course, if it does end up being Dinning or Morton (who I hear is the Man), the party could end up being divided. Which, to be selfish, wouldn't be an altogether bad thing.

well, you know... if he's good enough for Ontario, why wouldn't he be good enough for all of Canada? even if all he'll do is drain our coffers...



are you holding your breath to find out how entirely red the new, uh, head neck of Alberta's PC party is going to be? this could be interesting... i'm half wishing for an end to the dynasty, but at the same time, i just don't know...

that and i didn't vote, because, in the end, i just didn't feel like i knew enough.

Aww, damn. Gerard Kennedy is out of the Liberal leadership race, throwing his support behind Stephane Dion. I guess if you could just add their votes together, he'd be the front-runner. Still, I think it's a shame; he was the most impressive Liberal I'd seen in a while.

How they can seriously consider Bob Rae (especially post-Rick-Mercer-skinny-dipping) I'll never know...

i like
MAKE OUT NOT WAR

seriously this is what i found in the Google image search for that - blame Google

it's funny cause it's true

Whoops! Correction, I'm turning more nerdy!

Bad new: I got Ganked twice by noobkillers tonight.
Good new: Just forced myself to grind out 3 level tonight.

Gah I need to get a life... Actually since my bro is leaving for 6 months I think Lineage will just have to fill in that void. I'm turning so nerdy!

as i said earlier: i really wish all these awesome events weren't happening right now seeing as i have far too much work to take care of to even think of a social life...

maybe thursday next week...



in the meantime, though, i bought a ticket to the SO4 show happening this NYE at the citadel. . . . . . o o o o o o o o . . . . . . is anyone else going to it? i mean, i'm not going alone, i'm going with friends from my hipster/hippie/feminist circle of buds, but if others are there, it'd be good to share at least a clink of the glasses come midnight...

curious at all as to how i've spent my last 4 months?
come see the end product here:


Hills like White Elephants CD release

Sounds questionable. Hopefully it works out.