So it begins

Left wing party elects left wing leader. Meltdown ensues.

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Avi Lewis’s victory in the NDP leadership race has already elicited a response from certain corners of Canada’s political and media class that is arguably without precedent in the 21st century. Here, courtesy of Alberta-based blogger David Climenhaga, is just a small sample of that reaction from Wildrose country:

“Under new leader Avi Lewis, federal NDP looks more communist than social democratic”— Don Braid, Postmedia’s Calgary Herald