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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Redford perhaps would've eventually had the legacy of centrism, but was unceremoniously ousted from power. Sure, she had some deep personal failings of corruption and hubris, but let's be serious and note it was a snap back to conservatism that lead to her downfall.
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I'd assign that about 50% of the blame for her downfall. The other 50% goes to the PC's "good ol' boys", Redford was never the choice for the party apparatus, caucus, and other assorted opinionmakers. The folk that would circle the wagons and bury the (metaphorical) bodies when any prior premier got in trouble instead (at best) just sat on their hands for Redford.
Which would have been fine except that most of those sort should have been ruthlessly purged, not courted, and having abandoned the coalition that won her power she had nothing. A fine lesson that all good politicos should know... you dance with the ones that brought ya.