By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Thursday November 5, 2015 (James Mennie column) When you consider weÕve just come through a federal election campaign where the selfie proved itself a legitimate and highly effective political tool, it wasnÕt surprising this weekend to see Justin Trudeau, the undisputed winner of that campaign, proving once again he is the most photogenic prime minister designate in recent Canadian history. If you missed it, the Trudeau familyÕs trick or treat theme on Saturday night was rather eclectic, Mom and Dad going with a generic Star Wars look while the two older children opted for your standard Disney princess and sword toting bird ensemble while the youngest (the choice presumably made for him) was led from door to camera-crew-surrounded door as a Ninja Turtle. Given that Trudeau had already tweeted a Happy Halloween message and family portrait to his 932,000 followers, the images flooded social media and the comments seemed for the most part to be positive, many of them expressing delight at the countryÕs being led by so down to earth and happy looking a family. And when you consider that even the crustiest, most hard bitten political analysts have acknowledged that TrudeauÕs message of hope and positiveness pretty much cut Stephen HarperÕs campaign to ribbons, itÕs a pretty safe bet the optimistic glow engendered by the Liberal victory on Oct. 19 will continue beyond the swearing-in ceremony for Trudeau and his first cabinet scheduled for Wednesday. That said, IÕm not entirely sure that glow will still be around by, say, Christmas. And the reason I suspect TrudeauÕs national honeymoon wonÕt survive 2015 is that the selfie taking, Star Wars loving, YouTube dancing, drama teaching, musketeer mustachioed candidate- the guy who actually won this thing Ð will, by sheer political necessity, cease to exist once the words ÒSo help me GodÓ have left his lips on Wednesday. The transformation wonÕt be due to pr
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