Earlier this month, The Canadian Press's Dennis Bueckert reported Elizabeth May "one of the country's best-known environmentalist, is pondering a run for leadership of the floundering Green Party of Canada." And, according to our operatives, Ms. May has been doing a lot more than just thinking about her candidacy. It seems she's been making phone calls to the Green's senior members seeking their support for a leadership campaign that could be announced as early as next month. But it not all of those members are enthusiastic about the idea of the former Sierra Club of Canada executive director heaing their party.

Among the reasons: back in 2004, her environmental group released an analysis of federal party environmental platforms that gave the New Democrats an A+ and the Greens an A. At the time, Mr. Bueckert paraphrased Ms. May as saying "The Green Party platform is admirable on philosophical principles but lacking in precision." And his report also included this quote from the would-be party leader: "They've got good policies, high ideals, there's nothing about them not to like. Their approach is, I guess in a word, naive. There's not a lot of nitty gritty."