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Originally Posted by mrdeeds
Apparently Dion will not make an announcment today, but it is all but done now. I concurr with Jiri, though I would argue internal divisions in the party will continue to erode the Liberal party. Wrong man, wrong time. I do not hold a lot of hope for a leader who will unite the Liberals and reinvigorate the party.
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Frank McKenna and Brian Tobin would both be strong, experienced leaders who would unite the party, but they took a pass last time. Hopefully one of them will step up after Dion's disastrous showing.
Bob Rae would be extremely divisive and would likely cost the party a lot of their moderate "Blue Liberal" supporters (me being one). OTOH, he would siphon away votes from the NDP, so it's a gamble some in the party might be willing to take.
Ignatieff might be ok, but like Dion, he comes from the world of academia rather than politics and may not know how to run an effective campaign.