Trudeau leadership win a 'fait accompli,' Garneau says

[arikara]

Marc Garneau is dropping out of the race to lead the federal Liberal Party and will support his MP colleague Justin Trudeau, saying a Trudeau win is certain.

On Tuesday, Garneau supported Trudeau's plea to the Liberal Party to extend the registration deadline for voters in the leadership race, and sources have told CBC News that the deadline will be moved to give more time for supporters who are registering by mail, rather than by email.

The former astronaut's support for the registration date change was a sign perhaps that he intended to get behind Trudeau.

Wednesday at a news conference in Ottawa, Garneau said, "It's a fait accompli," about the likelihood of Trudeau winning the race.

"I cannot see the numbers changing because he has an overwhelming lead," the MP for the Montreal riding of Westmount-Ville-Marie said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/03/13/pol-marc-garneau-liberal-leadership.html

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. There goes the Liberal's best chance

of peeling away a larger segment of Conservative voters. It looks like the bulk of the fight will be between the LPC and NDP now.

[Ken Burch]

2. Now, 'Lil Justin has to prove he's more than just a pretty face.

Also, he STILL has to make the case for going to the trouble of trying to put his discredited party back in office from third place rather than just voting NDP if you want to beat Harper's mob.

I haven't seen ANY Liberal Party apologists in this group make that case yet, btw.