Tom Mulcair will be Prime Minister #3

But I want to know if we have a hunk on a par with Trudeau or Brazeau.

Eh?

Neither of the putative pugilists can afford to donate too many brain cells to charity.
I give Brazeau the edge, and probably a fairly short night.

Ok, next question, if the NDP in the Sherbrook Declaration says 50% plus 1 is good enough for separation, and puts the NDP basically on the record of not supporting the Clarity Act (which by the way I think is simply more Liberal "mischief" politics), how does Mulcaire deal with this during an election campaign and still become PM. You know for sure that the Libs will hammer on this over and over, because they don't have anything else to scare the NDP as pro separatist, so to speak. How does Mulcaire neturalize that?

Like the question above regarding Trudeau, I really want a NDP, Mulcaire led government, but want to know how the NDP avoids these kinds of pitfalls.

I would fully expect the LPC to go after the NDP via this route. I fully expect to see Trudea in the 2015 election as leader.

Okay, thanks for that madmax, but I wondered if you can expand on this. Is this a real liability for the NDP and how does Mulcair deal with it?

Well, I happen to think that if a majority of Quebecers wanted to separate, and that means 50% plus 1, well that is a majority. That isn't an issue. And I am not going after Tom; I voted for him over the Internet. All I am asking is how do we handle the Libs? I mean those geniuses almost cost us country over Meech any way. I voted against Meech. Tory or Lib it doesn't matter. All I am asking is how you deal with it.

Yeah, the sledgehammer was too big. I am just asking a question. That is all I was asking. I have no regret with Tom's leadership, and I trust the membership to keep him and the rest of the NDP leadership in line as its needed. I don't know, I think that is pretty straight, so I don't get what the issue is.

I am envious.This is an example of the style that I must develop, obviously, in responding to others who forget/avoid/ or simply don't understand an issue. It enables one to respond from many decades of accrued experience and avoid buildup of toxic venom that can result in one joining the disappeared.

"Having worked for this government, allow me to put an end to this speculation: the Tories don’t fear any opposition party or politician, period. Sure, they will study news clips, stump speeches, op-eds, and radio and TV interviews (among other things) to learn the ins and outs of Mulcair’s potential leadership style. They will analyse to death his statements and scrums in the House of Commons. And one of these days, they will run a series of ad campaigns against the NDP leader, just like they’re doing with interim Liberal leader Bob Rae. That’s not fear, folks. That’s using your political smarts to weaken a political opponent’s public image, blast away at their policies, and cast doubt in the minds of voters. There are many variations of this model, including political pundit Gerry Nicholls’ catchy “political guerrilla warfare.” No matter what you call it, there’s no doubt it’s coming from a position of strength rather than weakness. Learn thy enemy, and win big." Suggests a certain vulnerability of our species, too, don't you think?

He was in Asia. But I'll bet he finds more opportunity to be abroad. :)

Arthur, with Tom Mulcair bringing Quebec's social democrats on board, I am very optimistic about our chances.We just have to keep in mind his fine, historical accounting of where we are at: "In the long term, the continuation of Conservative policies (would) leave the greatest economic, ecological and social debt in our history in the backpacks of future generations." It bears re-stating, at every opportunity, in every letter to the editor. My use of "species" was in reference to the biological variety, not political. :)

Tommy Douglas was an excellent amateur boxer, winning the Manitoba championship. At 135lbs he could have flattened either of the two.

But kudos to Justin who embarrassed the room full of Con MPs.--I also mis-predicted he'd lose.  Conditioning was the main factor as Brazeau punched himself out after about a minute.

I doubt it. The chicken-hawk MPs who don't hesitate deploy the military's trained killers to bomb and shoot foreigners live vicariously through the heady violence of their "rough" champions.

We may never hear the last of it from the Libs. :)

It must have been the CBC, or the networks, that insisted people like ADQ's Dumont and and Libera-lover Yaffe moderate the debates. Let's remember to remind the networks about that when other parties have their leadership debates, eh!