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Originally Posted by Rerun
Harper's political pedigree (according to Wikipedia)..
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For the record, I think Harper is a very motivated, focused, and hard working politician. He really did go through all the ropes and even joined an upstart party where he probably couldn't have thought that would be the most likely route to become a PM. He is also very intelligent.... book smarts anyway. I just disagree with his perspectives... but I respect the guy totally.
I can understand how some people might think that it is pretentious for someone to walk in and automatically be in the running for PM.... but his background does offer valuable experience. It's also worth mentioning that 2005 was not the first time he was courted by the Liberals. They tried getting him a few years earlier but he decided at the time that he had too much work to finish and he was't happy with the Chretien Liberals. So I don't think it is simply opportunitism that is bringing him into federal politics in Canada as the opportunity was there before. It's just timing. Not everything is a secret conspiracy.