So, heard the one about the un-elected, Conservative Senate?

LeBreton, un-elected senator bitching about un-elected Liberal Senators thinks “we couldn't continue on as a government having our whole agenda and all of our policies driven by a group of unelected people from two governments ago."

That’s the justification she offers for Stevo’s plans to elect five new senators next month.  As an appointee of over two governments ago, I guess we can pretty much discount what the un-elected Marjory says.  You know, not democratic and all.

Senator Cowan isn’t too worried -    The Conservatives -- and Justice Minister Rob Nicholson in particular -- are fond of blaming the so-called unelected, unaccountable Liberaldominated Senate for "gutting" bills from the House of Commons. But next month that will change.

   "It will be the unelected, unaccountable Conservative-dominated Senate and the expectations, particularly beyond Mr. Harper's office, will be that all he has to do is snap his fingers and the unelected, unaccountable majority in the Senate will do what he says when he wants it done," Cowan said with a wry smile. "Well, that isn't going to happen."

He doesn’t believe that all CONsens will fold so easily to Harper’s will.  He may be right.  Some are the old PCs and may not want to be seen as his shoe-shine boys.  Some may even give a damn about that whole sober second thought thing, and the welfare of Canadians.  Some may care about how they will be remembered.  Harper doesn’t have the same leverage with Senators as he does with his MPs.  They generally don’t have decades of political advancement ahead of them.

Any bets as to whether the new bunch will include a general?