[NefCanuck]

Here's the thing, no matter what you may have thought about Jack's politics (and I grew up watching him piss away money as a Toronto city councilor like it was water on pet projects of his) he connected with people on a human level that hasn't happened in this country in years.

Hell, I remember seeing a poll during the last election that said of the three main federal party leaders, who would you want to sit and have a beer with. Jack Layton won that poll hands down.

Jack Layton was a populist politician who stood up for what he believed in and was willing to fight for it, while still willing to at least hear the other side out.

I daresay we may never seen another like him again, politics has turned into the ultimate blood sport.

NefCanuck