Do you feel that our current (Canadian) parties represent you?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

4. Ignatief was a terrible choice,

especially in an age where 'likeability' some how has meaning in politics. Not that anyone would want to sit down and have a beer with Harper (I'd be afraid he'd slip something into my drink and I'd wake up on some rapture-cult alter, or maybe renditioned somewhere). Layton was the only guy who had both credibility and a common touch. I think some liberals drifted to the conservative party, and many drifted to the NDP, but many of them stayed home. In 4 years (if we're still a democracy), the Libs will make a come back. But right now the NDP leadership is not too promising and I don't follow the Libs enough to know if they have any rising stars, but It sure ain't Bob Rae.

To the Libs credit though, they still act like the official opposition party, or at least thats the way the CBC covers it.