Duceppeticons, RETREAT - RETREAT!!!

I can only picture a stunned Soundwave picking himself up off the ground and flying away without his energon.

Emasculated can't even begin to describe the way Gilles Duceppe must feel right now. I am not one of the people who will say that he would have won - far from it - but for him to start the parade in such a piss-poor fashion, and then decide to wind it up before it got to the first corner is dooming him to an uncelebrated end to a career that has been, at the very least, effective.

Obviously, Duceppe and his group looked at some push-polling a day to late. I know at least two people who had seen numbers before Duceppe: Marois and, wait for it, Boisclair. That is why she was so quick to jump in (on top of him?) and that is why he left. The only thing that is more important than ignoring polls as a leader is, to be blunt, understanding them. Mr. Boisclair will be back - he is way to smart.

Expect question period this afternoon to look something like this:

Random stupid liberal question - PM response about how the only thing more divided than the liberal leadership groups is the rift between the PQ/BQ. Followed by several more dumb questions. Shane Doan wins World Championships for Canada, yippee!

The Speaker - L'honourable depute de Laurier - St. Marie....Cut off by THUNDEROUS standing ovation by the BQ. It will last so long the Speaker will have to cut them off.

Random BQ question about (probably) Afghanistan - PM response will be nothing by personal, vile attacks about how weak the BQ is and how they have lost their relevancy.

It won't be pretty to watch.