Dion's advisers want Ignatieff demoted
Some of Stephane Dion's top advisers are planning to press the Liberal leader in the coming days to dump Michael Ignatieff as deputy leader, CTV News has learned.
...some in the Dion camp believe that Ignatieff, Dion's former leadership rival, is privately undermining the Liberal leader with critical and disdainful remarks.
Earlier this week, Dion demanded an end to the political sniping within his party after several shots were made at his leadership.
Some of his advisers want Dion to project a tougher image as leader. They argue it would send a strong message to party dissidents, by demoting the politician perceived as his greatest threat.
"These people are using the example of Jean Chretien when (he) said, 'You know, I should have dealt with Paul Martin earlier,'" said Jean Lapierre, a political commenter and one-time Liberal cabinet minister.
When the House of Commons resumes again Monday, the Liberals will have two new star MPs in Bob Rae and Martha Hall Findlay. A demotion of Ignatieff could be justified as a move to allow the new MPs equal billing, but others say that it would escalate the party's internal sniping into outright war.
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It is a real tragedy that at this critical time the Liberals can't get their act together!! They might as well go into the Steel Cage and stay there!!!:lol:
I believe it is never a wise choice to have ones rival as the second fiddle!! Makes for bad blood and sour friendship!!
Who actually is Harper's deputy? Wouldn't be MacKay, would it?
Some of Stephane Dion's top advisers are planning to press the Liberal leader in the coming days to dump Michael Ignatieff as deputy leader, CTV News has learned.
...some in the Dion camp believe that Ignatieff, Dion's former leadership rival, is privately undermining the Liberal leader with critical and disdainful remarks.
Earlier this week, Dion demanded an end to the political sniping within his party after several shots were made at his leadership.
Some of his advisers want Dion to project a tougher image as leader. They argue it would send a strong message to party dissidents, by demoting the politician perceived as his greatest threat.
"These people are using the example of Jean Chretien when (he) said, 'You know, I should have dealt with Paul Martin earlier,'" said Jean Lapierre, a political commenter and one-time Liberal cabinet minister.
When the House of Commons resumes again Monday, the Liberals will have two new star MPs in Bob Rae and Martha Hall Findlay. A demotion of Ignatieff could be justified as a move to allow the new MPs equal billing, but others say that it would escalate the party's internal sniping into outright war.
read all here: http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Top..._deputy_080330
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It is a real tragedy that at this critical time the Liberals can't get their act together!! They might as well go into the Steel Cage and stay there!!!:lol:
I believe it is never a wise choice to have ones rival as the second fiddle!! Makes for bad blood and sour friendship!!
Who actually is Harper's deputy? Wouldn't be MacKay, would it?
