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Originally Posted by blankall
So let me get this straight....
The Liberals got destroyed in the last election, because:
1) they were unable to get any support in the West; and
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That's not accurate. The majority of Liberal losses in the last election occurred in rural and suburban Ontario.
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2) they fielded a candidate that was heavily criticized for being too much of an academic and not having enough real world experience.
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That's an interesting point. I can't imagine a leader without any "real world" experience whose only employment before running for election was as an academic and party insider ever becoming PM. There's no way the pragmatic voters in Western Canada would ever embrace a politician with that background.