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Originally Posted by GGG
Thats the time you get on onboard if you want to take a run at it Federally. Treadeau will eventually sink the liberal ship the same way Harper has sunk the Tory ship and within 10 years the Tories will be back in power. So if you want to be Prime Minister the Conservative Party is a far better place to be than the Liberal Party.
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But that's the thing, if your aspirations are power (as it's clearly not the money), why would you wait ten to fifteen years on the off chance that it might happen. I agree there are life cycles of parties and power in ten-fifteen years the Conservatives maybe very well be on the verge of power again, but there's no guarantee that Prentice would fit in with that version of the Party. Today's Conservatives are far different breed of conservatives than 90s.
Prentice taking over the PCs is a super smart move on his part. He's a well liked guy across the spectrum and will go to a party desperate for direction, plus he gets a chance to instantly in still his vision to one of the biggest provinces in the country. He gets to play the clean slate card and pretty much implement any direction he feels like. As the white knight in shinning armour riding into save the day, the party and caucus aren't going to go into open revolt against him with an election less than two years away.
For Prentice this is a win-win-win.