Rossi’s leap: in politics, worry is constant, happiness elusive

Interesting to hear former Liberal Rocco Rossi, on announcing that he’s switching teams to run for the Ontario Conservatives, describing the province’s Liberal government as pursuing a "don’t worry, be happy" strategy. That’s supposed to be bad, right? But I looked it up and "Don’t Worry, Be Happy" was a Number 1 single in 1988, and garnered best song, record and male pop vocal Grammys for Bobby McFerrin (who’s gone on to be welcomed as serious fun in interesting places). Not bad. Meanwhile, the provincial Conservatives have seen their polling lead shrink from wide to thin.