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I think Iggy and Harper will be a good match for challenging each other. Let's face it, Harper dealing with Dion and especially Layton is an intellectual mismatch. Dion somewhat less just because I think his biggest problem is that he can't express himself in an outward sense,,..he is a thinker but can't think on his feet.

An obstacle Iggy he will have to overcome is to be identifiable to the public. Loads of people know nothing about him and his challenge, when ever the next election comes will be to convince people that he is the person for the job after spending 3 decades in the USA.

I haven't reached an opinion on Iggy yet other than at the first glance a couple of years ago,...he was a little wet behind the ears, so will have to see what kind of substance has developed in the interim.

I certainly hope he isn't another one of these windbag scholars like,..oh who's that pain in the ass who hangs out with the likes of hack writers like Margaret Atwood et al....oh yeah,..Mr. Adrienne Clarkson, otherwise known in less formal circles as John Ralston Saul. If Iggy is anything like that self centered creep well,...me, Joe Poutine and Johnny Hayseed will not be impressed. Save it for those who give a shit.
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Just checking around the political front and notice a few conservative mp's acknowledging Iggy's almost distancing act from the coalition and more interesting, that from the NDP.

I like that.The conservatives saying they are willing to listen to and specifically to the Liberals with zero mention to the NDP and Bloc.

Seems the conservatives are throwing the liberals a bone. Hmmm