T.I.S., I know exactly what you're talking about and I used to watch Politically Incorrect all the time and once I get my black box er...completely legal HBO/TMN satellite dish hooked up I plan to watch his current show as well. Kim Campbell is the woman you are reffering to I believe and yes she is very well spoken, bright, intelligent, well informed and fair, but then again, all Canadian women are.

I don't know, maybe you are reflecting an American liberal Democrat's perspective and of course this is absolutely ok. However, in Canada although we are very similar in many ways to Americans there are many differences in the whole political culture. From what I know women play a much more prominent role in the politics of our nation (however admittedly it is not nearly enough) than American women do in The States. As we have much choice (take my above post as an example) we are a bit spoiled in our expectations of a Prime Minister Male/Female/Martian or whatever.

Having said all this, I think that Ms. Campbell may have been a pretty decent PM had she been given the chance but I just don't think she would have been a Margaret Thatcher or Indira Gandhi (given a legitimate mandate from the Canadian people). However, Ms. Campbell would have been a better PM than Ms. Clinton or Ms. Rice would be a President. Hell, Campbell would be a better President than Clinton and Rice!