Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, and Christy Clark do not read my opinion pieces.  Neither do François-Philippe Champagne, Frank Baylis, and maybe Dominic Leblanc.  If they did, they’d likely detect a whiff of pessimism in my view of the chances of anyone taking over the leadership of the federal Liberals and staging a miraculous, Disney-like turnaround of political fortunes.

Are they all fools?  Hardly.  They didn’t get to where they are by being anything of the sort.  But Michael Ignatieff was no fool, either, and where the hell did he end up?  And some of you are probably even asking, who the hell is Michael Ignatieff?  Which is kind of my point.

What do these people know, or think they know, that I don’t?  The quick, top-of-mind answer is, plenty.  Again, they’re them, and I’m me, and it isn’t even close.

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