I think you are right about Chretien holding much of the responsibility for the demise of the Liberals. The aforementioned morning pundits gave him something of a compliment, though. Their argument was that Martin waited to long to get the Liberals campaign going. Had it been Chretien, they say, he would have started campaigning from the get go. Who knows?
Yes, the Liberals would have lost seats regardless, especially in Quebec, where the Gomery Inquiry was THE news story for weeks. Plus the provincial Liberal government is widely reviled. They are not finished in the province, but are decidedly smaller.
I don't know much about Belinda, other than her former role as the female half of the Conservative version of Brangelina. Thanks for filling me in on her history with the Conservatives. She got a lot of flak in her riding for switching parties, but she won again.
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Date: 2006-01-24 05:05 pm (UTC)Yes, the Liberals would have lost seats regardless, especially in Quebec, where the Gomery Inquiry was THE news story for weeks. Plus the provincial Liberal government is widely reviled. They are not finished in the province, but are decidedly smaller.
I don't know much about Belinda, other than her former role as the female half of the Conservative version of Brangelina. Thanks for filling me in on her history with the Conservatives. She got a lot of flak in her riding for switching parties, but she won again.