Zombie nation

More fun commentary on the Libs' current mess courtesy of John Ibbitson:

This week, the Liberals are holding a caucus retreat of the Undead.

The party is in limbo, stuck in the middle of an interminable leadership race that is sucking all the political life from the caucus. MPs are valuable for their endorsements and as organizing fodder for leadership candidates. Otherwise, these honourable members will have little to do in the approaching fall session but perch, insensate, behind whoever is manufacturing outrage in Question Period.

Until there is a new leader, shadow cabinet and platform to sell, the Liberal caucus is little more than an assemblage of animated cadavers.

Mind you, Ibbitson goes pretty far afield in the rest of the column. But it's still striking to see that just what a (deservedly) cool reception the media has given the Libs during what was alleged to be a time for renewal rather than experimental reanimation. And with the Libs using what little force they can summon for another round of wrong-headed finger-pointing at the NDP rather than anything which could justify any positive press in the future, there's little reason to think the Libs will be brought back to life anytime soon.