This is unfair

An anonymous Conservative uses the gold standard to explain the party’s impending assault on Michael Ignatieff.

"The media when they cover the government, they say here’s what the government is doing and here’s how it deviates from perfection," said the Conservative. "It’s always Harper vs. the perfect prime minister, and in that battle we always lose, but that’s how the daily media coverage goes: Here’s how he’s not living up to the ideal image."