[beckett]

Ignatieff, the direct descendent of high ranking functionaries in the governments of the last two Russian Czars, is an interesting, very intelligent writer, not a typical pansy liberal by any means, at least not in matters military or in foreign relations. He was a heavyweight liberal supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He's written from an American point of view very often, so I'm amazed that he holds office in Canada, and that he's a Canadian citizen. He taught at Harvard. I assumed he was American.

[GMMAC]

While no proof of a connection beyond the apparent one has so far been unearthed, re-read Ann Coulter's 'TREASON' with it's recounting of the activities of Soviet spies from Alger Hiss on down - involved, particularly, in founding the UN - and consider both the Ignatieff family pedigree and that every single one of them was a contemporary & apparent close 'friend' of George Ignatieff: Michael's late father & 'famed Canadian diplomat'.

Personally, I'm inclined to believe Ignatieff fil has little hope of being anointed Liberal Leader based upon his many expressed views which tend to vehemently alienate both those to his ideological left & right coupled with his apparent inability to successfully hide an overly professorial persona & accompanying absolute reek of arrogant noblesse oblige.

I'm one Riding over from him & know his local constituency very well & there's little middle ground on the guy: people either love him or hate him.
In our recent election, CPC polls showed it neck & neck within a week of the vote. But, for unknown reason(s), the Liberals' last minute fear campaign worked far better in Etobicoke-Lakeshore than just about anywhere else.
Unless he somehow secures the Liberal Leadership, Ignatieff is quite likely more than fair game next time out.