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>Anger ill suits, young grasshopper. And it will >preclude you from the important self-examination ahead. > >You fail to understand, young grasshopper, that not >all campaigns begin from a common start line. Indeed, >most campaigns begin with one party or the other >holding an advantage. And the older a government is, >the less likely it is to hold the advantage. > >This last campaign began with your party holding the >advantage. We were old and tired. You were fresh and >new and six points ahead in every pre-election poll I >saw. > >Our campaign got us from six pionts behind in the >popular vote to six points ahead. I'd call that >success. > >As the campaign began, New democrats were seriously >contemplating the likelihood of 24 or fewer seats. >Our campaign got us from there to 30 seats. I'd call >that success. > >Of course, not everything went smoothly. A few people >in the backrooms showed incredibly bad judgement with >that offensive cartoon. But our response when it >broke made the story go away (mostly) within two days. > And when your party tried to revive it again, >abandoning the high road you took for the first two >days and demanding that everyone who was sent the >email should be fired, it backfired on you. > >Reg Downs ran you a clumsy campaign that allowed the >SaskParty to become the issue. That is a failure, >however you cut it. > >We did not win this election, young grasshopper. Our >campaign was not good enough to win us this election. > >Your party lost this election -- an election you had >"in the bag" three months ago, young grasshopper. > >But if you eschew the path of self-examination, young >grasshopper, that merely serves my party's interests. >Perhaps you will run as clumsy a campaign again next >time.

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