Like Grant's character, Roger Thornhill, in North by Northwest, sometimes things can get a little too exciting to be fun.

The following excerpts are from an article by Stephen Marche, The Weekend Post
Published: Saturday, December 13, 2008

"We will be the most boring party."

Bob Rae uttered these words about the Liberals as he stepped down from the leadership race earlier this week.

Now that Bob Rae has decided he wants to be boring again, and Michael Ignatieff is officially the interim leader of the Liberals, the drama of the past two weeks seems to be winding down, and with distance, we can start to ask ourselves what kind of drama this very Canadian (non)coup has been.

I hope Bob Rae is correct when he says that the Liberal party and Canadian politics are going to become boring again. Let's hope then they can all get to work on making the economy boring and helping to spread boredom in Afghanistan.

Having an exciting political life is an overrated experience. We all bemoan public apathy over elections, but that's a sign of health: People don't have to care. The United States recently had the largest election turnout in memory, which was treated as a cause for celebration. Far from it: The voters showed up because of two wars and a collapsing economy. That's the kind of excitement we can all live without.