Trudeau has kind of an anti-Obama movement going. He's rallying the base with hope and change, but still doesn't have a ton of confidence from voters other than being the best choice in a weak field. If he wins and does a half-decent job, it should be easy to surpass those low expectations and gain some high approval ratings. Whereas Obama had such strong hype coming into office that there was no way he could maintain his approval
The conservatives may not have only setup Trudeau for an easy victory with their terrible "Not Ready" campaign, they may have made him an incumbent who could crush them next time around
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