Even the Liberals Don't Like It

I wish I could say Martin's foolish move to give Dingwall severance was about to spell the end of his reign. Even his own party is not impressed. Still, he has repeatedly proven himself to be a master of the art of clinging to power.
With an election just months away, one senior Liberal summed up the political headache caused by Dingwall's case. The Liberals have spent 18 months trying to escape the shadow of scandal caused by the sponsorship program and the Dingwall case is dragging them back in. "It destroys our credibility as wanting to clean up (government)," said Sarmite Bulte, the Liberals' Ontario caucus chair. "We need to keep ensuring Canadians that we intend to keep our word on this. . . .The feeling in caucus is that he should not get any severance."
It will be interesting to see how Martin will work his way out of this one. Any normal politician wanting to maintain voter sympathies would not have agreed to severance in the first place. It's too late for that now: it's already been promised and people are not happy.
Bulte is correct. This business with Dingwall has brought the Sponsorship Scandal back into the limelight and is showing Martin for the corrupt individual he is. The spin machine is going to have to work fast.