Ontario Liberals did the right thing when they pushed out leader Bonnie Crombie on the weekend . She will be 69 by the time of the next election, doesn’t have a seat in the legislature, and has not created a clear image for herself or the party.

Crombie had to go. She’s a hard worker, but not a smart politician.

Crombie’s fatal flaws are indecision and lack of political instincts. The fact that Crombie at first didn’t want to resign immediately after mediocre 57 per cent support at the convention illustrates the problem. First she said she’d stay on as leader. Then, after others pointed out the folly of that plan, she changed her mind and quit.

It’s what she should have done after a disappointing election result in February . Yes, the Liberals got 30 per cent of the popular vote, bu

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