On politics…

I don’t have a strong position on the current Canadian political fracas, as I don’t have a partisan banner at which to rally. At the moment, I’m equally enthused with all of the major parties… and that’s not a good thing. I will, however, cross-post an edited and updated version of what I wrote in a comment thread over at Nunc Scio, just because it summarizes a couple of odds-and-end random thoughts I haven’t seen get a lot of play elsewhere:

I’ve yet to be convinced by anyone that the obvious course of action for Michelle Jean isn’t to just throw this whole mess back to the electorate, prorogue be damned. Given that she likely never expected to have to make an actual political decision – let alone one of this magnitude (the King-Byng being the only time something even remotely similar has ever happened in the history of the country) I always suspect the most likely course of action (regardless of what the pundits predict as savvy politics) is the one that will cover the most butt. “This is a decision that must be decided by the people, not an individual” is never going to be a vilified argument in the history books (even if it’s wrong, and absolutely no one wants an election). It’ll draw flack in the short term – but contrast that with the risk of letting a (potentially) explosive coalition (including a separatist party), led (albeit temporarily) by a party leader who has essentially resigned due to his perceived lack of compatability with the electorate – rule the country for an indeterminate period of time. “Option B” has the potential of being an all time hi-lite reel political melt-down. Read more