Duceppeticons, Attack!!!

Well duh.

I am still right- Boisclair's poor showing had everything to do with his lack of...well, gusto. Duceppe should have left in 2005. What a different place we would be in.

So now, Gilles has to run against someone who just finished running for leader and has a lot of personal appeal. Not the same easy ride he would have had the last time, I suspect.

Duceppe remains the most popular politician in Quebec. The reason it isn't Mario is because there are a lot of people who just don't trust him. Shifty, they call him.

But what does this actually mean? Well, if the council of separatists are meeting at the end of May to set the rules, it is unlikely that we will actually have a convention until September, at the earliest. Until then, the BQ leadership race can't really start - mostly because they draw on the same infrastructure, but honestly, because back to back/simultaneous leadership campaigns can't help anyone - particularly in a movement that is already looking for a raison d'etre, so to speak.

So, Uncle Steve, are you going to call the snap election? Because until they have a leader that is confident in the role, don't count on the BQ voting against anything in the House of Commons. Effectively, you got your majority - Bravo.