I think we can all understand how battered and bruised is poor Mr. Dion these days. It must be crushing to see yourself as the man who lead the Party into the Valley of Death on October 14th. His decision to stay on as Party Leader is based on emotion, not logic. He's trying to put this thing right for his own private reasons, not for the good of the Party or protect the next leader from noxious attack ads. It is hard to imagine he will have the authority or credibility to lead the Liberal caucus through debates on the economy in the house or control Liberal MPs on the hill. One of his jobs is face the media daily and communicate the Party's direction and decisions. He will likely experience difficulty there too. As revered as Pierre Trudeau is, remember there was a time he too was considered a liability and Party President, Iona Campagnolo took Pierre out for lunch gave him the news that it was time for him to go. If they did that to Pierre, they will be bloody minded enough to do to it Dion. They gave him chance to commit harikari, and sadly he didn't accept. It is kind of like he is on Canadian Idol and the judges tell to stop, but he just keeps on singing louder and louder and louder and refusing to leave the stage.
That's Stornaway in the upper left, the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition.
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