The Rae Revival?

Dion did Halifax yesterday. After announcing the details of the new Liberal drug plan, he tried his best to invigorate a crowd of grits at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Before Dion's speech, however, Bob Rae fired up the crowd with a five minute speech in support of Dion and in sharp criticism of Mr. Harper. As far as political speeches go, this one was high up there. Regardless of whether or not you agreed with what he was saying, you had to give him mad props for the delivery. For a play by play of this speech, see this article from the Herald. No wonder Garth Turner labeled Rae "the sum of all conservative fears" in a blog posting when he was still in the running for the Liberal Leadership.

Dions speech was... interesting. I'm not sure how many liberals were wondering why they hadn't elected the other guy while Dion was stumbling through his stump speech, but the thought was mentioned by some observers.

There were no major announcements in this speech. Dion tried to quote a line from Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry be Happy, but ended up just telling everyone to be happy. Thanks Stephane. I needed a boost.

I'll lay off Dion for now though. The liberals are set to release their education platform within the hour so expect a press release and a blog from us. I am hoping I'll have better things to say about Dion and the Grits later today.