No sooner did I post a piece on Michael Ignatieff being pushed into an election, then did Michael Ignatieff issue a statement saying that it's all speculation.

Here's the problem.  I don't believe him.  I don't think he's lying.  I just don't think he has a clue about what's going on.

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Maybe it's a translation thing, but the French-language news report on the Liberals gearing up to force a fall election is remarkable in how it portrays Michael Ignatieff as a hostage of forces he cannot control.  These same forces put him in as leader, and now these forces, regretting what seems to have been a mistake, are going to force an election so that they can be rid of Ignatieff.

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There is no point in engaging the Liberals in the bipartisan negotiations over EI reform if Liberals are planning to trigger a fall election anyway. 

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Senator Mike Duffy delivered a speech in PEI.  It was a good speech, listing in detail the stimulus funding going to PEI.  Too bad the media saw fit to make up a different speech to report on.

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Karlheinz Schreiber is finally out of Canada.  Better yet, he is in Germany, but frankly, that's just a bonus as far as I'm concerned.

He utterances as he went to face the music just further undermined his credibility, and must make any reasonable person wonder just why anyone thought he had much of value to say on any topic.

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