Iggy Pulls Ahead
The media/pundit response to Ignatieff and the Newfoundland MP commotion last week made no sense to me. I could appreciate words like “precedent” and “weakness” being applied to the situation, theoretically. But in reality, how did Ignatieff’s decision to allow MPs to vote against the budget make him a bad leader? Phrases like “Harper would never allow it” were being thrown around, but recklessly. Is Harper our yardstick for what a good leader is? I seem to recall Harper’s downfall having much to do with an inability to cooperate, listen…give a little… Others threw caution to the future. Apparently, Ignatieff’s leniency was set to “return” to “haunt him” in the form of other provinces throwing their weight around, or increasing demands from Danny Williams. But must we assume that Ignatieff will bow to all future demands because he deemed one demand legitimate? Can I suggest we cross that bridge when we arrive?
Because polls today show Ignatieff leading in public opinion, one week after a supposedly bad decision.
So let us not speak of weakness. Canada likes Ignatieff, more than any of the other guys. And let us not speak of precedent. Predictions are moot.
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February 16th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
The media tends to regurgitate anything that might make sense. Before you know it, everyone is echoing the same sentiments precisely because they heard it from one source. Since the Canadian politicians these days are quite the uncharismatic group, the media still has to sensationalize a boring story into an interesting one.
Ignatieff knew that the budget would be supported by his party by a wide margin and so he allowed his mini-protest vote from Newfoundland to go ahead. The story was overkill in its finest form. Likewise, polls showing Ignatieff ahead a week after was equally overblown. The man obviously is going to have to benefit from the polls because he is a virtual unknown in Canadian politics. Let’s see how he handles his own party before jumping on the proverbial bandwagon.