Emerson's Defection

Well it looks like only a mere two weeks after the election, the first defection has occurred. Since I defended Belinda Stronach's defection, I am not going to slam David Emerson's defection, but all I will say is at least Belinda Stronach waited a year before defecting so I think the case for defecting at least seems more legitimate in the voter's eyes if done a year after the election than only two weeks. At least Belinda Stronach will say the party turned out differently than expected. The one good thing though is Harper is no longer shut out of the big three cities (Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal), although considering the history of Vancouver-Kingsway, I think Emerson will have a tough time winning re-election. Mind you I expect him to run in a different riding. As a final word to my Tory friends, I expect to not hear anymore criticisms of Belinda's defection unless you are willing to criticize Emerson's defection. Anyways I will have more on the cabinet this evening. The only criticisms I will make now is Vic Toews was a bad choice for Justice minister due to his social conservatism as well as there should have been a deputy prime-minister who would off course take on another ministry. Without one, it looks like Harper is too much of control freak. I'll comment on the individual appointments this evening as I have to head off to work.