"Montreal gay pol's drug use increases popularity"

Montreal gay pol's drug use increases popularity
Andre Boisclair is top candidate to lead the Parti Quebecois

By EARTHA JANE MELZER
Friday, November 11, 2005

Gay politician, Andre Boisclair, remains the frontrunner in the race to lead Quebec's separatist party, Parti Quebecois, despite his recent admission that he used cocaine while serving in the provincial parliament.

Parti Quebecois members are scheduled to vote for party leader by telephone Nov. 13 to 15. There are nine candidates. As of mid-September, Boisclair appeared to have twice the support of his nearest rival, Pauline Marois, a former deputy premier who has held several senior cabinet positions.

Whole megillah here.

Tip o' the pixel to Bad Trip author Joel Miller, who asks, "So if Dubya admitted to that coke jones we all know about and how he really 'liked' Karl, do you think his poll numbers would jump too?"