You won't have Jason Cherniak to kick around anymore

The Liberal stalwart tries to put lipstick on last night's pig - his party's worst performance in a federal election since 1984 - but announces he's giving up political blogging:

This is my last post on politics. After almost four years of blogging, I have decided that I have had enough. When I started, I was about to start articling at a major Toronto law firm and I was moving up in the Liberal Party. I've continued to move up in the party, but I also know that too many people see me as a blogger first. I believe it is no different than appearing on TV as a spokesperson, but what I believe does not matter. Reality is reality and I am now convinced that I can do more for the Liberal Party behind the scenes than I can online. Meanwhile, I think it is in my best financial interests to focus on my law practice. However, I cannot leave without making a few observations on tonight's election.

Bloggers on the left and the right aren't sad to see Cherniak go, but I'll miss the guy. Seriously. Sure, he's blindly partisan even by blogosphere standards, but he seems like a decent enough fellow, and as a fellow lawyer, I wish him the best.

I think he should have waited a few weeks before hanging it up, though. Quitting immediately after a bad election result? That just doesn't look good. (Trust me, Jason: as bad as it was last night, I've been through worse.)

Damian P.

Posted by damian at October 15, 2008 12:03 PM