Ivison nails it

National Post columnist John Ivison was spot on in his column today regarding the Liberal Party's recent woes, specifically the bizarre and poor decision making of Michael Ignatieff. I have zero electoral representative experience, but even I know that the country is in no mood to spend another couple hundred million dollars for an election, yet Iggy appears to be hell bent on this rawr-rawr-bring-down-the-government trip, despite taking a beating in the polls, especially in the crucial provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Ivison essentially boils some of this down to rookie inexperience, but it does seem that Ignatieff wants to demonstrate that the Liberal Party has a spine, and is rough and ready to rumble, which is understandable considering the recent hapless Dion era and its inability to muster any coherent form of opposition. Still, you don't need to be a lofty Ivy League academic to realize that the Canadian electorate is not in the mood for an election. Smarten up Iggy, seriously.