Stephane Dion is openly challenged
An official call has been made by Robert Fragasso, the president of the Liberal Party in Quebec, that Jamie Carroll resign as national director of the Liberal Party. Carroll is Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion's longtime ally and an important party of Dion's inner circle. His position as national director is key to what control Stephane Dion has over his party.
But with this news, we have the first open sign of a serious challenge to Stephane Dion's leadership.
Update: Massive Liberal infighting goes public.
Stephane Dion has a real problem on his hands. Long-time supporter and national director of the Liberal Party, Jamie Carroll, is in serious trouble over comments made during a meeting with members of the Quebec wing of the federal Liberal Party. At that meeting, Jamie Carroll was told that more Quebecers would have to be included in Stephane Dion's inner circle. Carroll responded that if hired more Quebecers, would he then have to hire more Chinese?
Robert Fragasso, the president of the federal Liberal Party in Quebec, has publicly called on Jamie Carroll to resign over the remarks.
An open challenge to Stephane Dion. It was inevitable.
Jamie Carroll could resign, and in doing so weaken Stephane Dion by denying him an important supporter at the top echelon of the Liberal Party. I am willing to bet that Stephane Dion would not have the latitude to appoint anyone he wanted as a replacement. Being forced to appoint an ally of Michael Ignatieff as a replacement, for example, would compound Dion's problems, both in terms of having a rival in such a senior position, as well as the optics of being a leader who is being led around by the nose.
Jamie Carroll could refuse to resign, and force Stephane Dion to fire him. Again, a leader who is being pushed around by others. Not something a weak leader like Stephane Dion can afford.
Or Jamie Carroll and Stephane Dion could refuse to heed Fragasso's demand. They might think the problem will go away. It won't. It'll only get worse, and could cause more Liberals to come out in the open like Fragasso.
And you know that there are more Liberals out there who want Carroll gone. Fragasso would not have made the call without consulting with Quebec Liberals first.
But here's the thing. If Stephane Dion was a strong leader, we would never have heard about Jamie Carroll's comments in the first place. It was a private Liberals-only meeting. But Liberals at that meeting were only too happy to cause trouble for Stephane Dion. And if Stephane Dion was a strong leader, other Liberals would be closing ranks, making excuses for Carroll even if they were quietly advising Dion that Carroll was a liability and had to go.
But instead, the most senior Liberal in Quebec wing of the party is telling Stephane Dion that Dion must dump one of his closest allies. And Stephane Dion remains silent, allowing events to run out of control. This guy wants to be prime minister one day?
Fragasso knows he will win this fight. He knows how much support he has in the Quebec wing. He knows how little Stephane Dion has. And I think this is all part of the game plan of the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party to remove Stephane Dion as quickly as possible.
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Steve wrote: "And I think this is all part of the game plan of the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party to remove Stephane Dion as quickly as possible."
If this keeps up, Stephane Dion may want to remove himself as quickly as possible.
One solution to his troubles would be to commit political seppuku in a general election.
Posted by: aek at September 27, 2007 07:01 PM
Have fun Janke as you will start to see a very different Dion shortly.
No more bullshit a la Harper.
Posted by: at September 27, 2007 07:59 PM
"Have fun Janke as you will start to see a very different Dion shortly.
No more bullshit a la Harper"
Oooh. what a mind. The sheer eloquence!
Anywho...
I love reading about fiberal infighting. Thanks Steve.
Posted by: Larry at September 27, 2007 08:40 PM
"Have fun Janke as you will start to see a very different Dion shortly"
yep..we have seen the imbecile, now we will see the political corpse.
*smile*
Posted by: zilla at September 27, 2007 09:06 PM
"Have fun Janke as you will start to see a very different Dion shortly.
No more bullshit a la Harper"
That comment reminds me of the old Peanuts sketch where Lucy holds the football and tells Charlie Brown to kick it and every year she pulls it away and he wipes out. He continually falls for it over and over. Hey its even getting to the right time of the year for it, I remember it used to be around Thanksgiving.
10 years of Dion as an MP in the party, 1 year as a leadership candidate and almost a year as the leader, yet somehow he will magically morph into the savior of the Liberal party. Overnight this caterpillar will emerge from his 12 year cocoon and kick the stuffing out of Harper.
Posted by: Davide at September 27, 2007 09:25 PM
My goodness, I can smell the desperation and decay eminating from the Liberals. It is a huge farce
Posted by: Louise at September 27, 2007 10:26 PM
Looks like the Quebec Liberals haven't "underestimated" Dion ... they know exactly what a loser he is and no longer want to support Dion's leadersnip.
Won't it be a tad incongruous having Ignatieff sitting next to Dion on the front benches of the HoCs when Parliament resumes .. particularly in Question Period when Dion has to stand up and make his usual incomprehensible and idiotic harangue..??
Somehow I suspect that Iggy is planning for an empty seat where Dion sat .. by October 16th or else the Liberal party may well split, leaving Dion without a party to lead.
Posted by: Observer at September 27, 2007 11:27 PM
No...no...not "challenged". Herr Dion iz exzhibiting der clazzic manifestations of an individual deeply emotionally scarred and mentally disturbed. Ja, in mein OPINION, firstly, he's a pathological liar. Secondly, a unconvicted thief. He seeks to control the free speech of individuals around him. A Megalomaniac, he'd try it on a National Scale. Old Uncle Adolf had that particular "bug" real bad, too. Don't let these often-very smooth, very intelligent, individuals fool you with their PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE infiltration techniques. Scary that legions of these "jackals" have infiltrated gov't and police, and unconsciously have "bonded" together to enhance and perpetrate a State which is essentially an expensive CONFIDENCE RACKET bigger than any ORGANIZED RELIGION.
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