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Originally Posted by kevman
Condolences to his political career - touching the PC party is toxic!
I always assumed he had higher federal ambitions and was distancing himself to make a run at the Conservative leadership in a few years.
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This assumes Stephen Harper is planning on going somewhere soon. I think he tries to go through the next election.
Prentice is not that young and one only has so many chances to lead something. He clearly saw this as a better shot for him. The challenge for Prentice, who will be welcomed as savior, is that for him to actually save the party, he'll have to makes big changes that will be very difficult to its establishment.