Thursday, January 04, 2007

Political truisms

Today Steve will shuffle his Cabinet for the second time in 2 months, approaching the 1st anniversary of his government. Clearly, when replacing an embattled, beleaguered, struggling and weak minister with borderline competence, it is time to drop the "Canada's New Government" moniker. It is only a matter of time before pundits start referring to re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. But Liberals should not get too cocky and start referring to the Conservative government as desperately clinging to power and grasping for straws - it took the Liberals 12 years to get to that point and public opinion will not turn on that dime, this quickly.

To be honest, Steve would do well to say that his front bench was untested and he is getting rid of some folks who "are not ready for prime time." But he does not have that luxury in a minority government, so we will all have to wait and see what BS he tosses out.

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