Conventioneering: Day 3 (Stephane Dion)

Stephane Dion, former head of the Liberal party and current schadenfreude superstar after his successor's colossal defeat, attended the convention as an observer at the behest of Bob Rae, his new boss. The big story here is that he was very warmly received - when his presence was announced, he got a round of applause, and name-checking Dion - the former head and current MP of a rival party, mind you - would get you another smattering of hand-claps. When the hipster socialist caucus were busy getting their Marat-style denunciations out during the debate on the merger clause, they were careful to distinguish him from those they were targeting. And when the anti-anti-merger side gave him credit for proposing the green shift, he received a standing ovation. I doubt he could be any more popular at the Liberal convention.