What planet is he living on?

It is good to be ambitious. Unless you set yourself goals, you are unlikely to make a significant improvement. Nicol Stephen MSP is obviously one of these self-help freaks. The Scotsman reports:

"NICOL Stephen, the Liberal Democrat leader, made the ambitious prediction last night that he would become the First Minister after the next election.
Mr Stephen told STV's Politics Now programme it was "increasingly likely" that the Lib Dems would be the largest party in the Scottish Parliament next May.
He has suggested before that he wants his party to start to challenge the bigger parties in Scotland, but he has always avoided setting a timetable.
However, he has now taken the extremely risky step of setting himself the target of overtaking Labour as the biggest party in Scotland in 2007 - an achievement which would not only represent the biggest upheaval in Scottish politics but would mean an astonishing swing in his party's favour. "

At present, the LibDems have 17 seats out of the 129 seat parliament and are the fourth largest party. It would be an enormous leap to make them the largest party, particularly in the absence of any polling evidence to support it. But, if it makes you happy, Mr Stephen, dream on...