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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
My obviously right-wing slant on CPC leadership
Being right about the economy doesn't allow you to be wrong about everything else. When the CPC focuses on ridiculous 'social issues' like what somebody chooses to wear and playing on fear rather than on responsible economic policies, they will certainly lose. When any political party plays solely to a faction of their base they have no chance of winning with the general voters. Anyone that believes in a conservative economic action plan needs to make sure the party has learned this lesson and moving forward works towards combining good economic decision making with smart, relevant social understanding/policy. Today's leaders are energetic, positive, accepting, progressive people - exactly the opposite of how the CPC leadership ran this campaign. Whomever it is, I look forward to the day the CPC has leadership whose ideas are worth getting excited about again.
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This, 100%. But if you're looking for a socially progressive yet fiscally conservative party, you need look no further than the Liberals. On most major economic questions they differ very little from the Conservatives. The Liberals won this election because the crazies took the CPC into the election. I firmly believe that the Conservatives could have easily won without Harper at the helm, and by focusing on their strong economic record rather than bizarre identity/social conservatism questions. Difficult to see it any other way especially given that many of the major moderate voices in the party -- John Baird, Peter McKay, for example -- jumped ship before the election.
There is little to no chance that Kenney will take over the party, as he is gay, albeit not openly. Do not misinterpret this remark as ME having something against homosexuals but there is no way that he could hold the strained social conservative-economic conservative coalition together. It already is beginning to fracture. That is probably why John Baird left also.