Incoming For Max.

They love Maxime Bernier in Beauce. As I've said before, if anyone survives in the Conservative Quebec caucus, it will be him. But it's starting to not look as solid as it once did. Colour me a skeptic but the timing sure seems more than fortuitous what with Le Devoir getting their hands on Max's briefing books.

That's what I "love" about the political culture in Ottawa: the endless capacity to make people suffer -- or even better yet, suffer further for their alleged transgressions and errors. The list is a mile long, and growing: Max, Ruby, Lisa, Peter, Leona, Bill, Garth, Robert, Pablo...

Then we wonder why people don't vote. Everyone is a convenient target and shots come from all sides of the House. It's more than a disgrace. Some will argue that it's all the fault of the Impresario -- well, that's a mighty convenient excuse for other people not to clean up their own act.

Here's a thought: as we approach the holidays, we may or may not have a newly elected government. How about putting the pitchforks on hold and for a change, think about attending each other's Christmas parties on the Hill -- that is if your own party leader hasn't already banned you from another party's Yule-tide celebration...