If anyone knows the root of Paul Wells' distaste of PM Martin please fill me on the details. Here is one of his latest posts (thanks to Let It Bleed for the heads-up):
The good news for Liberals is that at this point in our history, Canadians can absolutely afford the luxury of thudding mediocrity at the centre of power. Our government stacks up surpluses so phenomenal even Liberals can't spend their way into deficit. Goading a complacently federalist Quebec back into separatism is hard work, and if Brian Mulroney was up to the job, Paul Martin isn't. As for a prime minister who shows up at every international meeting with a proposal for more international meetings, the worst that can be said is that he is not adding to the world's woes.
If I had to bet, I'd bet a tiny amount — precisely commensurate with the stakes — on Martin winning the next election and sticking around for another five years. Each of those years will look like the one we've been through. Making history? Fixing health care for a generation? Why even bother rebutting any of it? History's entry for Paul Martin will resemble the entry for Earth in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "Mostly Harmless."
