Dion and the Belmonts

If you keep doing what you are doing; eventually somebody will notice.
 
And so it was with Stephane Dion, newly elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada thus ending the marathon race of the past 9 months. If they ever decide to do it again like this, the Liberals are out of their centrist minds. But that's fodder for a future commentary.
 
Dion played the race correctly just like the turtle versus the hare. He ran a steady pace and he sponged off at the correct time when the going got tough. He refueled at a water station when he needed it and he burned the carbs off gradually and slowly. Consequently, he won on the last mile: a sprint across the finish line when everyone else ran out of steam.
 
So what does this mean for Canadians?
 
Perhaps it's better to been seen as a calm and steady politician than an opportunist with a great intellect or an ex-hockey player with a great intellect or a former member of the Conservative party or a former Premier or a former food bank coordinator, etc.

Of course the real test will be during the next few months as Canadians get to know M. Dion and his style of politics. I think most people look for a vision in a leader and Canadians haven’t had one since the late 1960s. Dion has the imagination to put forward a calm, rational vision for Canada, but what will his handlers say. Politics in the 21st Century is all about message not about vision. Abbreviation is the order of the day and no one is allowed to use the C-word [commitment] without a carefully articulated, PR approved sentence. Promises are cheap talk most of the time as politicians pay heed to their friends in the background while asking for votes in the foreground.

Perhaps Dion will be different: there’s always hope and that’s the one thing Liberals need a lot of these days. Canadians too.
 
That's just my opinion. I could be wrong