I have seen Jack Layton and numerous other NDP leaders on tour over the years. Not one of them, federal or provincial, has ever made anything like the attempt Layton does to actually meet people at social gatherings, to talk to them one on one, to hear what they have to say, and to really get some actual direct contact with the proverbial grass roots. This man is a genuine political professional, and like all true professionals he makes it look easy.

The odd line dropped is nothing to worry about. And the notion that Layton is in any real sense limited in his vision to Toronto and environs is too silly for words. People who make that claim have never met him.

Thank you, David, for that insightful analysis.

Who knows, probably just a slip up, although Freud may have more to say about it than that. At this point, I'd pick Carole as Premier of Ontario sooner than I'd pick Jack as Prime Minister of Canada.

Thank you, David, for that insightful analysis.

Who knows, probably just a slip up, although Freud may have more to say about it than that. At this point, I'd pick Carole as Premier of Ontario sooner than I'd pick Jack as Prime Minister of Canada.

The Federal Libs are looking better and better over there. At least their leader knows which province he's in.

Layton gets around quite a bit. He has been in Victoria often. As a earlier poster has mentoned, he actually wants to speak to the public. A slip of the tongue doesn't make a big story.

I'm not too sure the Liberals or for that matter the Bloc are too keen to go to the polls. Harper was out this way yesterday to announce his downgraded ice breakers promise. Now called "Slush breakers" by some. So Global warming must have been recognised by Harper because these baots won't operate in the high arctic without some thinner ice. Put a gun on the deck and it looks like progress.

Laytons feeble attempts to appear to be a man of the people become more comical each week. When are the NDP going to give him the boot?

Jack Layton in a pink feather boa...screwing up once again, Saints preserve us, is there no end to the riotous laughter the federal NDP provide?

There has never been another time in the history of this country when all three parties are showing garbage for leadership.

Poor Jack. Must have been all the cheap perfume.

Frankly, Mr Tsakumis, I am surprised your post got through. It's a bit more smeary than several of mine which have been blocked.

Furthermore, there's absolutely no substance to what you're saying. Harper and Layton are filling the shoes of their positions at least as adequately as any recent predecessors in their parties. Dion I think is a different matter, less capable as either party politician or statesperson that either Chretien or Martin.