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Is this for real, or just a Liberal dream?

According to The Tyee, Liberal insiders are actively courting the current head of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights Louise Arbour to jump into the leadership hunt. I can't see why she would be interested, but getting her into the leadership hunt would be a coup for the Liberals. Her reputation is spotless, she is internationally respected everywhere outside of Washington, and she carries the intellectual cache of Michael Ignatief without the highbrow stigma of never having put in an honest day's work. Oh yeah, and she hasn't pissed off any Ukrainians that I know of.

She'd give this up for the rough and tumble of Ottawa?

Would you?

Now that Stephen Harper has changed the Supreme Court selection process from a PMO-appointment to a PMO-appointment, who better to start naming Supreme Court justices than a past one herself?

Posted by kevvyd on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 9:33 AM |

She'd certainly be an interesting choice, although I have to confess to having an innate distrust of 'messiah' candidates - I don't really know how she'd do in a political forum.

Posted by Anonymous Anonymous | Tue Feb 21, 10:32:00 AM  

Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing. She's untainted because no one's thought to taint her, basically. Also, in her profession she's had to appear as non-partisan as possible - that's going to be really hard to maintain in politics.

Posted by Blogger kevvyd | Tue Feb 21, 10:36:00 AM  

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