"That blow'd up real good"

Ammm, I take back my predictions of a fall election... the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada is in complete disarray. To quote from those enlightened men from SCTV... "That blow'd up real good!"

This is not exactly how you want an article to open if you're about to head into an election...

Liberal rift erupts over calls for dismissal of Dion aide (Dion-Liberal-Infighting)
By Isabelle Rodrigue

OTTAWA - Stephane Dion's palace guard was under seige Thursday by members of his own party calling on the Liberal leader to dismiss one of his closest aides over alleged remarks about Quebec.

Several MPs and senators from the province have been pleading privately for him to fire Jamie Carroll, the Liberals' national director and one of the key players in Dion's leadership victory.

They are now making their demands public.

Janke, as usual, has all the details: "Stephane Dion is openly challenged", and "CP reports of massive Liberal infighting over Jamie Carroll's Chinese joke"

One thing though... this could, in essence, give Mr. Harper a defacto majority without having to face an election. Think about it... if the Liberal Party is being torn appart at the seams, there is no way on earth that the Liberals are going to bring down the House. I'm thinking the Throne Speech is going to get a complete rewrite. All of a sudden, Mr. Harper now has a whole lot of latitude to play with.