Buckdog

Those Liberals hate losing. They hate it when somebody suggests that they might lose too.

That said, I am not sure the poll is of significant concern to Dion fans such as me. He has work to do, but I am optimistic he will do it. I have always felt that Dion is at his best when under attack because he reacts with calm and dignity.

Here's my sense of things -

1) Dion's performance in the house hasn't thrilled me.

2) He needs to return to the "calm professor" routine - when he's frustrated, his speech takes on a staccato that almost sounds like a stutter. He'll do better to simply seem utterly implacable to anything that Harper does.

3) Regardless of that, Harper has got to go before his anti-Canada platform goes any further in eroding our civil liberties, laws and freedoms.

4) Layton has not impressed me much as a leader either. He's been too busy trying to play the "gettin' it done" card lately, and is starting to look as if he's Harper's lapdog, not a serious opposition.