12-02-2008
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Originally Posted by rob_just_rob  I'm no Rae fan, but the argument that he's disqualified to lead the country based on what he believed/did 15 years ago gets VERY interesting when you turn it around on the Reform party guys and start looking at what they believed 15 years ago...  "Back of the shop", anyone?  | Quote:
Originally Posted by rec3000 Am I the only one who sees a great deal of the Reformers in the Tories? Compare the Harper tories to the Mulroney tories, for example. Remember that the original Tories had just a few seats when they merged with the reformers. They are basically the Reform party with a new label. | Certainly, you're right, rec, but ... Rae has had his Damascene moment. He sees the folly of the socialist agenda now. He's basically a very moderately left-of-centre politico now, imo. He's probably just about dead centre in the Liberal Party. And he has a practical sense that Ignatieff -- his peer or even, in a sense or two, his marginal superior -- just doesn't have. I would take either, but the one who will do best electorally, in my very provisional judgment, is Rae. |
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