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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
So you have nothing against nepotism and believe that makes a good road for a leader to take? You basically just admitted he's not the best man for the job for Liberal leadership and got it due to nepotism. You know the last example of a leader that was a major beneficiary of nepotism? George W. Bush. How did that turn out? It's not trivial at all as you are just downplaying a valid criticism. I assumed a political genius such as yourself you could to a lot better than skirting around my question.
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Name recognition is very important in politics. In the case of Trudeau I believe it was name recognition rather than nepotism exactly that helped his ascent.
He may or may not be the best person for the job, I don't know. But it's rare in politics to actually get the best person for the job. Usually all we can hope for is to get the best of a bad lot. Is Harper the best the Conservatives could muster up? What about Mulclair? My guess is the answer is no on both fronts. All of these leaders are seriously flawed. I believe that this is a platform election rather than a leader election. Although, I suspect if the Conservatives lose it will be because of the disdain for Harper.