Amid all the election speculation, I continue to wonder if David Emerson will be too chicken to run in Vancouver Kingsway (or anywhere for that matter).

Will Harper parachute him into another riding? There are three in Canada whose democratically elected candidates have been declared persona non grata by Harper's hitmen. Perhaps a fourth might be Vancouver Quadra, who despite the efforts of conservative don John Reynolds to get elected his hand-picked star candidate, Mary McNeil, chose to nominate UBC business school educator Deborah Merideth.

Reynolds, like Harper, doesn't like being dictated to by the peons in the party, so perhaps there's going to be more on the Quadra file to be said in time. Rumours have it that Emerson - who moved after his defection controversy brought press and public to his door - continues to live in Quadra. He might be interested in running there to avoid having to hang out with the diaspora he pretends to represent in Vancouver-Kingsway.

If Emerson runs, anywhere in the lower mainland, he'll have to contend with the ghosts of his stunning overnight defection to the Conservative Party, less than 24 hours after he was elected as a Liberal. It will be easy to remind local voters of how meaningless Stephen Harper considers their votes and voices, and Emerson will be sent packing.