So oh well i guess the Liberals had the trump card last election and there was nothing we could've done.  Gee, i sure hope the Liberals don't have a trump card next election too or there will be nothing we can do.  That's the attitude that seems weak to me.

Because that might happen right?  The Liberals (or the Conservatives) may have another trump card and we'll be caught flatfooted again.  It's not that i want to decide on an election campaign 2 1/2 years from now--it's that i want to see proactivity and an ability to control the message.

There are plenty of major obstacles to the NDP getting government and i want to see leaders talking about how we can overcome those obstacles, rather than giving those obstacles as the reason why "there was nothing we could've done".

I still think she's the best candidate but the passage i quoted strikes me as defeatist, uninspiring, and, well, weak.