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The federal Liberal leadership convention is just about over, and it looks like the best thing for the party is about to occur. Stephane Dion looks to be the new leader of the party, after Gerard Kennedy threw his support behind him, and delivered 80% of his delegates.

Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae had many strikes against them, but mostly it's their obvious unelectability and their being the choice of the old Chretien and Martin regimes that need to be removed from the party. Dion and Kennedy were the most likely to be able to unite the party together, and renew the party to provide another option to the Canadian people. And Dion gives them an intellectual to battle Stephen Harper. If anything, Canadians can look forward to some very interesting debates.

(PS CTV, who's coverage has been a lot better than the rest of the major networks, just showed Dion winning with 57% of the vote, and Ignatieff getting 45%. Can't somebody just do math?)