Has the main stream media gone Chris Mathews?
Reason I ask is that at the mere mention that Justin Trudeau intends to announce in a week that he intends to run for liberal leader, and the political punditry is falling over themselves to be the first one to give teh young prince a tongue bath.
That being said, I'd like to point out that the political and media landscape has changed quite drastically since 1965. Its also relevant to remember the political axiom that a politicians worst fears is being defined before they get the chance to define themselves. Justin let that cat out of thebag when he keeps insisting that he isn't his father. His problem is that there are a great many liberals, probably the majority of the ones that have convinced him he should be running for leader, that have expectations that he is to finish what his father started.
Shall I go down the list?
Lets see?
Two numbers come to mind, 13 and 22.
13 is what the unemployment rate was when Pierre was PM, and 22 is how high the prime interest rate went.
Lets not forget the imposition of the NEP and the capital flight out of the oil patch, or the repatriation of the Canada Act.
That last one is a third thanks to his father. However the scads and scads of liberal's that pine for the "good old days of being in power" are no doubt hanging that last bit of unfinished work as the holy grail in a mental list of what they expect St. Justin to achieve, namely to get Quebec to sign on to the constitution.
That one is the one thing that will cause the liberals to lose nay momentum they expect to get out of the shiny pony.
The reason is that in that game of finding out what Quebec wants is a game of diminshing returns.
The ROC came to the realization of what Quebec wants when the Charlottetown Accord got tabled.
Quebec wants an open ended deal where they can veto any legislation if it is not to their benefit.
Basically enshrining in the constitution that Canada is a power sharing agreement between Quebec and the ROC complete with the liberal rule of alternating between PM's from Quebec and the ROC (the ROC in this case meaning in and around the GTA).
Justin's predicament however doesn't restrict itself to just the holy grail, it extends to any and all the things his father did as PM, and all the failures. In ordere for Justin to redefine himself he has to become his father's worst critic, he has to admit that mistakes where made, otherwise Justin will be defined by his own party as the guy that is going to continue with his fathers agenda.
And trust me on this, the conservatives are prepared to remind Canadian's what PET did.
You know, like the numbers 13 and 22?
Labels: Liberal leadership race
Opposition leadership race
With the admission from Bob Rae that he won't run for the leadership the media is now turning its attention elsewhere. Here are some observations about the political landscape:
- We are not even half way through the current mandate of a majority government, lots of time between now and the next election. No amount of political manoeuvring by the opposition will cause an election, and to pretend otherwise will put the collective intelligence of the opposition in question, particularly whether they know how to add. This applies more so to the media.
- There are some pundits and media that have a soft spot for the old liberal party (as opposed to what it has become) and they make no effort to balance their reporting and commentary. I make this observation to base another that as of the moment that Bare-assed Bob confirmed he won't run for the leadership, these same legacy liberals immediately put the spot light on Justin Trudeau. They should keep their cards close to their chest, first Justin does not want to be scrutinized to much and provide a youtube moment for his critics or those that also have ambitions to become liberal leader.
- As for the young prince. As we are about to enter the summer recess, there are many in the Parliamentary Press gallery that will be desperately casting about for stories with a political connection and a party leadership race can keep them busy (and justifying a pay cheque) until the House reconvenes in the fall. Of those, all but a few actually, there is a desire to see a liberal saviour come to the fore and bring back the good old days. Again, the media shills looking to pave the way for another wave of "trudeaumania" should curb their expectations if they want him as liberal leader, or for that matter PM. The reason is that right now the only thing Justin can attest to as his legacy is that he will jump into the boxing ring for a three round charity event. Makes good photo-ops, however a photo-op is something you use for emotional appeal. This is a short term strategy, gets people paying attention so you can tell them what your plans as a candidate actually are....and this for liberals in the good old days was effective, because as long as you had a compliant media, the bad stuff, and the things you didn't want published either got relegated to the back pages or not reported at all. In a media environment where youtube, instant messaging, and blogs exist, this is not such a friendly environment to say different things to different parts of the country. The other detriment to the liberals of a Trudeau reboot is that Justin will be forced to campaign on the policies and record of his father. All the Trudeau record. At that time the majority of voters couldn't see the harm he was causing because the after effects came long after he left office. Now this may seem like an obvious observation, however I'm not looking at this from the point of view of the usual criticisms from the ROC, I'm pointing out that there is blow back that will come from Quebec. Do not underestimate Mucliar. The NDP will not willingly surrender its gains in Quebec even if the next liberal leader was a reincarnation of Karl Marx. If Mucliar perceived a weakness in the liberal party, he will exploit it. This includes using the past record of PET if it will damage Justin in Quebec. So if the media shilling for Justin as the next saviour (tm) they should understand the attacks won't be coming so much from the conservatives, but from the NDP...especially in Quebec.
- There is a recurring question in the media and the punditry about the possibility of the NDP and the lpc merging into one party. One pundit has suggested this issue would be even more divisive than the civil war between Chretien and Martin. Although I would agree with the premise that it would cause more damage, I disagree that its would be a new war. This battle has been going on since Mackenzie-King was leader of the liberal party. The object has been to obtain and hold power by any means necessary, to do that the liberals would dance with any political partner, present it as a compromise, say different things to different factions of the party, and never let one interest group take full control of the party apparatus except the establishment fortresses in Montreal and Toronto. This included bringing individuals into the party with beliefs not conducive to our parliamentary traditions, even those with a socialist bent, not to adopt their policies, but because they could secure the votes in constituencies where no support for the liberal party existed or was weak. The bringing in of these individuals was done on the caveat that they could achieve their goals if they joined up with a party that had a chance of forming government, and not to worry about the "old fogies" in the party because they could be shepherded into the senate to get them out of the way. Again works great if you have a compliant media and the different stories for different riding's never gets heard across the country. Welcome to the Internet age. The liberals sold their soul long ago, and because of it the hard left in the party is now calling in the mortgage. They voted liberal, they got liberal governments elected, now they want a socialist government to implement all the goodies socialists promise, but have yet to deliver...free of charge of course. Digress a bit, the point is that the civil war in the liberal party isn't between two men fighting over the leadership, its about the socialist faction that was promised power in exchange for votes, and the establishment blu-lib faction that wants to retain power in the Toronto-Montreal corridor. For the blu-lib faction, a merger with the NDP is an option without an escape hatch, a burning of the bridge so to speak. They know and the socialists know that once done, the voter they like to refer to as "centrist" will see the new party as decidedly left wing, read not centrist. Therefore, those centrist voters are less likely to see the new party as a viable option. Secondly, a merger would create a political landscape of a two-party system, no mushy middle to present as a compromise position to the voter...liberals like to be able to present themselves as all things to all people..or there isn't one policy they would throw under the bus, or adopt in a heart beat if they saw public opinion going in that direction. In the liberals strategy book, resolving a problem is not the goal, using the problem as an emotional device to scare voters is. If you have a political landscape where the choice is yes or no, there is no middle ground to campaign on. That's why the liberal establishment doesn't want a merger, they would have to take a position, and in this scenario, its the socialist one. Why is this a problem? Take a look at Europe. If the question of a merger keeps coming up during the leadership race, the candidates will have to take a position. Basically outing themselves as either blu-lib, or socialist. Neither position is seen by the other as centrist after the decades of demonizing conservative or right wing policies by liberals and its legacy media. The socialist types will say the blu-libs are sell outs to the vision of trudeau and the blu-libs will say the socialists are too extremist to represent the liberal vision. The irony is that the liberal vision is not defined...they have spent so long being everything to everyone that now they stand for nothing.
- As for Bob Rae. The reason he decided not to run is political, as he said, not me. Let me parse that a bit. The political reason he decided not to run is the poll numbers. He can't generate enough support to revive the liberal party outside its current fortress. They believe someone else, lets say Justin, has a better chance. He's also not a "native son" of Quebec, and that's where they want to revive their party. Pay attention to whats going to happen in Quebec as the old rule of alternation is about to collide with the OMOV selection process. In order to maintain the alternation between franco and anglo leaders, the liberal party needs to control the selection process by maintaining the delegated convention with its "negotiated" leadership method. In a OMOV those that can bring the most votes, win the day. If the lpc allows the membership to use OMOV to go ahead, but the process is perceived to be corrupted, the membership and the voters at large will not see the new leader (no matter who it is) as legitimate, which will do far more damage than good. If the franco membership that sees its power base eroding to the west does not win the leadership, they will be considering membership where the party leadership is a native son. Bob saw this and knew that as an anglo-phone from Ontario, he couldn't gain support in Quebec. For that reason he decided not to run, regardless of what the executive decided on. The LPC is praying that enough prominent candidates from Quebec throw their hat in the ring so that 1-It doesn't look like a another coronation, and 2-the next leader is from Quebec.
So in review the observations are:
- The media is going to be desperate for a story.
- Every word and gesture of Justin Trudeau will be given laser like scrutiny.
- The NDP will be working to undermine anyone in the liberal party they see as a threat.
- The NDP-lib merger will solidify Canada as a two-party state (too bad lizzy may).
- The liberals will do almost anything to ensure their next leader is from Quebec.
Should be a fun summer.
Some day soon I'll post another screed on how Justin is trying to convince the great unwashed of the liberal party he's the anti-establishment candidate.
Labels: Liberal leadership race
Republicans for Ignatieff
This site is freaking brilliant.
Wished I'd thought of it myself.
Whoever it is, they've got it in for Iggy and its using a particularly back-handed compliment to do it.
Its saying anti-canadian by not saying anti-canadian...that anti-canadian thing is after all a past MO of liberal attack campaign's.
Its done the trick though.
Its got some of the so-called centrists in the liberal blogging community on a search and destroy.
I have a suggestion, if you want to find an assassin, try looking at those that would gain most from Squidwards downfall sooner rather than later.
Here's a hint...check the label to this post.
Labels: Liberal leadership race
Iggy thanks who???
If Squidwad wants to thank anyone for a crisis, perhaps he should be sending flowers to Gilles Duceppe, Jack Layton, his old boss Dion and anyone else that signed the coalition document.
However, if the thanks are intended due to his taking over the leadership, he should be careful what he wishes for.
An election where the choice is between a party that wanted to do away with the tax payer funding to political parties, and a separatist-socialist coalition that want to keep it would be one the conservatives would win.
One more small thing that Squidwad might want to reconsider. The liberal party should stop trying to equate that the only good Canadian institutions are liberal ones. However, if they want to retain the perception that the liberal party is an elitist organization made up of nancyboys, busybodies, and killjoys, keep saying it.
Perhaps you can fix your party by destroying it.
Labels: Liberal leadership race
Upcoming budget vote
Before everyone gives a sigh of relief that there won't be a spring election, just remember the vote hasn't been held yet.
Iggy has shown that good faith isn't something he holds near to his heart.
Don't put it past this guy to ditch at the last moment, he wants power.
Now some analysis.
Iggy's "demands" are just as Layton described them, a figleaf.
Frankly though it appears Iggy didn't think it through entirely.
Why would he legislate when and why the liberals will be tabling confidence votes?
Thats like starting a fight and telling your opponent the exact second you intend to throw the first punch.
Iggy likes to crow (much like Paul Martin) that he's a sharp cookie, but has yet to demonstrate his political prowness. He's shown he can pull off a hostile takeover, but he doesn't do democracy well.
What he's done is give Layton and Duceppe a reason to come after him much like the PC's and Reformers used to do. He'll get no support from them if he decides to have a non-confidence vote, and Harper ever the cool operator will throw out something contentous just before the liberals scheduled n/c motions.
Duceppe ever the trouble maker, will do something to antagonize the ROC just before Iggy heades for his confab coronation just to make life difficult for him, especially since the polls show the liberals second place behind the Bloc in Quebec.
Iggy has only one goal, one that doesn't take any outcome into consideration but one, that of becoming PM, but not being PM...much like his predecessor did.....whats his name and the guy before him. Due to his narrow field of vision, a great many details will escape him and when things start to happen that he didn't anticipate, he will panic. He wants the big chair, but he hasn't got a clue what he would do differently than Harper if he ever got there.
Why do I believe this?
Pride is Iggy's biggest weakness, and it will be his downfall because it makes him predictable.
Its easy for Harper to anticipate what Iggy will do.
Iggy by making pronouncements that Harper can't be trusted is admitting that he hasn't got a good read on what Harper will do.
That means he has to hang on for the ride and wait for a chance, hoping Harper doesn't throw some contentious legislation in his path.
Here's some possible examples:
Obama comes calling on Canada to stay on in Afghanistan. Harper agrees to ask Parliament by tabling a motion to extend the mission again. Does Iggy upset those in the liberal party that oppose the Afghan mission again, or does he step in line to ride Obama's coattails?
If Harper tables legislation to redefine official party status to only be granted to registered parties that are active in more than one province.
If Harper again tables a motion to remove party financing just before the liberals have scheduled their first n/c vote.
Labels: Liberal leadership race
A tale of two men
First let me speak of the one called Obama:
He is about to embark on his first greatest test.....no I'm not referring to taking on the duties of the POTUS...no I'm talking about the selection of secretary of state...more specifically being forced by the rumour mill to make a decision to select Hillary or someone else. The problem is the same one that we heard about when he finally won the nomination against Hill and Bill (and yes my dears, regardless of what you may think, where Hillary goes Bill goes also). So what's a pres-elect to do? Hire the person he feels is the best for the job, and by doing incite every Hillary supporter that felt denied that she didn't get her shot at POTUS, a job she has (and still is) planning all her life for. Or does he cave, let her in cabinet, spend the rest of four years looking over his shoulder, and having a detail on Bill to keep him away from the interns. Not a pretty sight.
My money's on that he makes his own choice and sends the Hill and Bill show packing.
Now on to the second, the one we refer to as Iggy.
Iggy wants to be leader of the liberal party.....well he's been wanting it since the last time he ran, and rumours persist that he's the one that was sabotaging Dion all along.....kind of hard to swallow actually...oh not that he may have been doing it, but that he was the only one.
But I digress.
Iggy it seems has in his team...or so the story goes...a past staffer of a Chretien cabinet minster that believed he was entitled to his entitlements.
Here's a bit of advice Warren, get clear of the blast radius. This guy isn't about change, he isn't even about renewal of the party....he's another Paul Martin. He feels that he's entitled to the job because he showed up.....just like the other two....and not one of them is Obama.
The "race" is going to be either another train wreck, or a parade of clown school graduates.
Here's a clue. What are the odds that somebody is going to be selling condoms embosed with the party logo at the LPC convention?
So there you have it.
Two men.
Both thinking they are about to do something significant, and only one actually doing just that.
Labels: Liberal leadership race
Questions for liberals to ponder
If the pundits maintain your party has to "move to the center" and the perception currently is that the LPC is too far to the left, the assumption is made then that any move would be to the right.
So I ask, if the LPC is going to move to the right, what conservative principles do they agree with?
More importantly, whose support are they going to lose when they do so?
Ditch the carbon tax idea and lose what soft green vote they have?
Ditch the cradle to grave social program idealism and lose what soft NDP votes they still have?
Ditch judicial activism idealism and lose the support of those that want to remold the country in their image?
Frankly I already suspect its none of the above, which is why the talking point is "move to the center".
I know it, they know it, so you better believe its the elephant in the room. And because it is I look forward to a future political talk show where a well known liberal gets sandbagged with..."so if your party needs to change direction from where it is now, what would you do differently than the current government?"
I won't be too worried if I miss the live showing, it will get repeated when the CPC runs its next set of attack ads.
Labels: beer and popcorn, Liberal leadership race, May's little green monster
Dion's deficit
I'll hand it to Dion. If I was going to announce deficit inducing policies there is no better person to put front and center than the man who wrecked Ontario's economy.
BTW
That promise of a catastrophic national drug plan? Shades of the gun registry.
Not only did they promise this the last election, but the one before that, and the one before that, all the way back to 1993. The other argument is that estimates bespoke of a price tag of 7 to 12 billion the last time this was floated out, not 900 million.
Either Dion is purposely lowballing the figure or the two guys that came up with this policy are out to sabotage Dion's campaign.
Oh and to be fair. Ritz's off hand comments are fair game. However, why did it take this long for the comments to become public? The fact that it coincides with poor liberal poll numbers seems less than a coincidence.
Labels: Liberal leadership race
The liberals other useful idiots
Sheila
Copps wants you to believe the latest liberal talking point without question.
"
There is a popular view amongst some Liberals that a quick election will provoke a disastrous Dion loss, clearing the way for Ignatieff's ascendancy. "
Sorry Sheila, but when useful idiot's say one thing I start applying the second rule of
MSM tabloid journalism. If you don't provide the story then go look for it.
Hence, its not Iggy we should be paying attention to but those that can claim their hands are clean because you cannot find their fingerprints on the knife.
"
Mr. Carroll was one of Mr. Dion's key leadership organizers and a fierce loyalist, Mr. Fergus supported rival contender Bob Rae in last year's party leadership contest.Liberal sources insist Mr. Fergus's first loyalty has always been to the party and it's his connections at both the grassroots and national levels that won him the post.He has served as a riding president, head of the party's youth wing, and vice-president of communications ? and he has worked for two cabinet ministers."
Bob sure has been going out of his way of late to show what a team player he is and I've got a suspicion that his supporters are if not giving credibility to the Iggy coup rumour mill on the hill, they are not doing
anything to squelch them either.
Meanwhile
Garth wins the Carolyn Parrish award.
"So far, everything was going according to plan. And then Tory-turned-Grit Turner let slip a bombshell that's leading many to wonder whether we're safe from a fall vote after all. "We have an opposition day next week," he reveals. "We have the opportunity of putting forward a motion that will call into question the confidence in the government. We have that possibility. And so I think right now we're trying to determine if this is the right thing to do."Does he think it is? His answer speaks volumes. "I still believe that we are going to have an election in the next few weeks."The move, if it happens, seems to be in direct contradiction to what Dion said so publicly in a sometimes rambling 45 minute rebuttal last week. Why introduce a motion to bring down the government when the party itself is abstaining from voting on the Throne Speech or its crime bill? It's hard to answer that question, but the Liberals insist all options are on the table. "I'm the deputy leader," answers Michael
Ignatieff. "I have to have heard of it. No, we're considering our strategy. We're not here to roll over, let me tell you." "
Bottom line.
If the liberals are looking for who is trying to push Dion out of the big chair there are two factors that must be kept in mind to uncover the true
perp.
The unwritten rule of alternation, and the "Power" behind the throne.
Stop looking at Iggy as the guy that wants Dion gone, its most likely someone that doesn't presently sit in the
HoC. There is some sleight of hand going on, while
everyone's attention is on Parliament Hill, the real story is being played outside of Ottawa.
Really, think about it for a moment on Iggy's past missteps and tribulations, and then try to tell me that he could mastermind a coup.
Nope, palace coups require professional assassins like Warren
Kinsella. Iggy doesn't have one of those in his retinue.....Bob Rae does though.
Labels: Justin Trudeau, Liberal leadership race, useful idiots
Cherniak calls it quits
But what we really want to know is in light of recent events at LPC HQ, did he jump or was he pushed?
Labels: Liberal leadership race
Liberals new useful idiot part 11
Good ol Iggy. He's starting to figure out that if the librals trigger an election that they have no chance of winning he's going to be blamed for trying to oust the sitting leader.
To wit he's informed liberals everywhere.
"don't do it, I'll get blamed for it".
Its a bit of a two edge sword though with a bunch of young guns anxious for their chance in government and leadership and the spectre of age hanging over the current party leadership, that
if they don't do something drastic soon the second slot will be taken over by the NDP.
Labels: Liberal leadership race, useful idiots
New moniker for Stepane Dion
We can now refer to him as the Interm Liberal leader.
Rumours persist that a palace coup is in the works over the summer.
We'll see. Likely BS..but we'll see
Labels: Liberal leadership race
How many liberal parties are there?
H/T to
national newswatchIf I read Angelo's column correctly there is the Iggynation, Kennedy-liberals, the Brison-Rae liberals in name only, the Volpe-Dryden bring out the dead liberals, and the "where's Martha?" liberals.
"What we see is Ignatieff and his people running the Liberals in the House and Kennedy's people handling the nominations for an election with no date. Ignatieff's predominance in the House was more visible and immediate, that's why he was immediately attacked by other Liberals who felt left out.
In the meantime, Kennedy and his people found themselves working in the background as an extension of their leadership campaign activities.
Another jewel of this "new organization" was the policy-making structure. Dion gave the mandate to prepare the electoral program to Bob Rae, Ontario's former NDP premier, and Scott Brison, a former Progressive Conservative MP. I have a lot of respect for both Rae and Brison. But for God's sake, where are the roots of the Liberal party?
Is it possible that whatever was done in the past had to be thrown out? What message does this send to the grassroots Liberal supporters -- so familiar with fighting battles against Brison and Rae -- who now have these two men telling them where to go in the future.
So, while Ignatieff people were digging their foundations in the House, Kennedy's people in the ridings, Rae and Brison were preparing a plan for an election that is not there, for a party that is not interested.
Former leadership candidates Joe Volpe and Ken Dryden look like they have taken a front row seat in the House as spectators, without being involved in the chaos.
As for Martha Hall Findlay, I have nothing to report because nobody understands what she is doing. Funny, that sounds exactly like the report on Stephane Dion. "
This should prove interesting when this leadership race is made official.
I wonder who is going to get blamed for putting the knife in Dion's back when it happens?
Labels: Liberal leadership race
Liberals new useful idiot part 2
Its official,
Dion wants to make the Green's a branch party of the LPC.
And
May plays the part on que.
Of course, such
associations do have there drawbacks. Unless its
where you wanted to be all along?
Now a short quick note to liberals.
By believing and acting on the premise that "uniting the left" will do for you what it did for conservatives, your making a mistake.
Rather than being a party of the left and the center, you've now become a party of the left, the far left, and only the far left.
That genie is out of the bottle now and it won't be going back in unless you can quickly call a leadership race, re-write (actually write) policy , select a new leader that is more centrist (do a hard right turn) and you can do this before Harper pulls an excuse for a nonconfidence vote, you might end up like the old federal Progressive Conservative party under Kim Campbell.
But hey don't listen to me, you decide what hill you want to expire on.
Update:
Looks like this wasn't a spur of the moment thing. Or at least thats if Gart isn't just blowing smoke trying to look like an insider?
On the way there, of course, I listened to reaction to the day’s big political announcement of the marriage of convenience between Stephane Dion and Elizabeth May. As you might imagine, I’d known about this for a while, and had mixed feelings about Dion’s decision not to run a candidate against May in her ballsy move to unhorse Peter Mackay.
Somebody might want to get a screen shot of that too.
In other developments this story from the
TORSTAR quoting May saying the decision was more of one based on vendetta than principle.
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OTTAWA–Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has vowed to make Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay pay for a controversial decision to merge the former Progressive Conservative party with the right-wing Canadian Alliance.
May told the Star yesterday she plans to build a political coalition that will punish MacKay for breaking a promise not to sell out the old PC party, which he merged with the Canadian Alliance in 2003.May will face off against MacKay, the MP from Central Nova since 1997, in the next federal election.
MacKay's decision to merge the PC party with the Canadian Alliance was controversial because of a gentleman's agreement that MacKay made with fellow leadership candidate David Orchard in the 2003 campaign to run the party. Third-place candidate Orchard backed MacKay after receiving a promise not to join with Stephen Harper's party.
Orchard later joined the Liberal party and backed Stéphane Dion's leadership bid.
– Allan Woods"
I guess the green in May's party is a little green monster.
Labels: Liberal leadership race, May's little green monster
The liberals are going Dion in the polls.
The media is frantically sighting the latest SES poll to fill in the blanks on their
pre-written stories.
Go ahead and pile on boys and girls but don't forget to do some real investigative reporting.
See it matters not one bit who is leading the liberals right now because the way they have choosen to elect their leader has shackled them to the modus operandi of pandering to the interest groups. Said interest groups have co-opted the party so much that now the leader in fear of offending the most vocal members of the party, repeat vebatum whatever is near and dear to those groups.
So it would matter not a wit if Bobo Rae, Iggy, or even the annointed one Justin was leader. Until the liberals actually decide to draw a policy line in the sand they will be at the behest of any nutbar group that wants a soapbox to stand on.
Suck to be them.
Labels: Liberal leadership race, liberals
The next liberal leadership race
I always have this habit of giving odds on these things well before they become the flavour of the moment.
So here it is.
The next contest is between Justin Trudeau and Gerrard Kennedy.
The also rans?
Iggy and Rae will attempt a repeat, but Iggy will again come up short and Rae will soon follow, their age will be the factor that puts them out of contention.
And due to the liberals unwritten rule of alternation, Justin will be out of luck but will get a consolation of being deputy leader.
And at that moment his organizing to unseat the sitting leader will begin....encouraged of course by the hard left wing of the party desperate to recreate "trudeau-mania".
Theme song will be "stuck in the sixties again".
If this possible outcome comes to pass, the conservatives are guaranteed to be in office for the next 20 years.
The reason is that the "reasoned voice" has been silenced in the liberal party.
Labels: Conservative majority, Justin Trudeau, Liberal leadership race
