Martin's finding out it's lonely at the top

The man who sought warmer ties with the United States has rebuffed one of President George W. Bush's most cherished ideas. The Prime Minister who was going to have healthier relationships with the provinces was denounced by no less than Premier Dalton McGuinty in the Liberal-led Ontario Legislature yesterday. The politician who vowed to be more in touch with the will of the Commons and the Liberal grassroots stood accused yesterday of pre-empting debate of both bodies by abruptly announcing that Canada was saying no to the U.S.-led missile defence plan. ... The same Liberal government that campaigned hard from the left in the last, tight week of the election campaign, which could be expected to align with the similarly minded New Democrats and Bloc Québécois, has produced a budget rejected by those parties and embraced by the Conservatives. Martin may well be thinking this week that that old saw is true: it's lonely at the top.

Full article in the [ugh] Toronto Star.