The Highlight Reel

A few thoughts from yesterday's election:

-Being the first Premier to lead back-to-back majorities, despite the media fanfare, isn't that impressive when you have a 74 seat head start, and you lose 8 cabinet ministers.

-A major reason for the NDP's resurgence was the support of the labour movement. While Carole James wants to change the party's relationship with unions, any attempt to end that relationship at the fall convention could knock the party off its upward trajectory.

-Adrienne Carr's 15 minutes of fame are over. By the standards set by the organizers of this year's Leaders Debate, the Greens' 9.1% of the popular vote would have had Carr fuming out the studio with Tom Morino.

-For Daniel Igali's sake, he should be happy he's not joining the Liberal caucus: Olympic champions make for really awful mascots.

-Random shadow cabinet positions: Jenny Kwan - opposition House Leader, Leonard Krog - Finance Critic, David Chudnovsky - Education Critic, Gregor Robertson - Environment Critic. I know the Liberals don't call it the 'Environment' Ministry, but watch for that title just out of spite.

-Fearing that his ass was about to be handed to him by Tim Stevenson in Burrard, Lorne Mayencourt apparently chased Stevenson for three blocks and tried to make a Citizen's Arrest. If Mayencourt survives the recount and delivers the most populated riding in the province to Gordon Campbell, Campbell may have to sacrifice a big chunk of the Liberals new "Don't worry, be happy" facade by giving this vindictive little man-bitch puke a seat at the cabinet table.

-Carole Taylor, Mary Polak. Mary Polak, Carole Taylor - how about the two of you get acquainted? Mary was just saying the most interesting thing about school textbooks...