It's OK to diss Paul Martin now... (en francais)

especially if you're running for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.

I've noticed one other thing over the last few days.

Seems like "Chretien" isn't a banned word in Liberal circles any more. It used to be hilarious to watch various Liberal politicians respond to questions regarding Chretien and see them frame their answers without ever once actually mentioning his name.

Who knows, give them a few more months and they might even be able to say "Kinsella" without choking.

Would-be Liberal leader Ignatieff prompts comparison to Trudeau

Ignatieff also tackled the criticism that it's presumptuous for someone who has been an MP for all of two months to think he could lead a national party and eventually the country.

"The only honest answer here is that there have been men and women who trained all their lives to be prime minister and turned out to be really bad at it," he said.