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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
That was my point, Cliff. If Smith had fought through that vote rather than just folding her tent in a huff, she would have attracted those disaffected PC voters forced to choose between her and the NDP. That would have moved the party closer to the centre, and more toward the social agenda she wanted. But she got impatient, wanted the power, and sold out conservatives of all stripes in the process.
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I guess we'll never know. But the grass-roots structure of the WR makes it difficult for a leader to pull it towards the centre. That's the problem with populist parties. Just look at how many years, how many make-overs, and how much top-down discipline it took the Reform Party to morph into a party that could win a federal election in Canada.