Wow, I listened to that C'est La Vie interview with Romeo somebody posted. What a great conversation (you can tell Bernard really wanted to connect with him.). Now I feel slightly bad about dismissing him (had I known he was a poet...). Love to see him in a senoir cabinet post where he can use his mediation skills.
Excuse me for the long tirade re Cullen..sufficed to say I feel rather strongly about the whole thing (and I'd just finished hammering out an op-ed on it), but mostly about the idea that he can't win, so it's "safe" to vote for him to give him a strong showing- there are so many X-factors and wildly varying perceptions involved, it's always the best poicy to vote for the people you'd most like to see leading, all the way down the ballot (or however many spaces you intend to fill in). I'm voting ballot-to-ballot. I assue they'll have instantaneous phone voting so you won't have to stand in line if that's an issue.