From the archives

Alison Crawford finds Michael Ignatieff in her basement.

Ignatieff is quoted as having scoffed at the idea. Martin wrote, "Seeing Trudeau up close, seeing how he wielded power, convinced Ignatieff that he ’lacked the necessary ruthlessness’ to be a successful politician. His friend Bob Rae has provided another object lesson as Rae has stumbled through the economic minefield of Ontario politics ... ’I am a lone wolf,’ he says. ’I am not an organization man.’"