Political Staples

Yes, I know that expression should be the other way around but in the case of the Liberals it seems that seeking a great leader is getting in the way of selecting a good leader. Preston Manning may have been waiting for the wave but now the Liberals are waiting for the mesiah - even the second coming of Pierre Trudeau. You know how much I like tackling political myths so it will come as no surprise that I point out that Trudeau is now more myth than man.
Jean Chretien may have crippled the Liberal party by bringing them sponsorship and campaign finance reform but what he did pales in comparison to what Trudeau did. By making the Liberals toxic in upwards on 45 seats in Quebec and possibly 40 more in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan Trudeau made Liberal majority math pratically insoluble.
Besides, who anybody have thought that Stephen Harper was a great leader when he was running for the leadership of the Alliance? When he marged the Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives? When he won the leadership of the Conservatives? He was merely a good leader who had a vision of where he wanted to go and a sense of what it would take to get there.
That it was the Liberals need, a good, determined leader who through hard work can be judged to be great after, not before, all is said and done.
With that rambling introduction I bring you Stephen LeDrew's pining for greatness (and no, Danny Williams is not qualified to be great).