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Originally Posted by rubecube
I think Conservatives need to start recognizing that the decade of Harper represented an aberration and not the norm.
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The political lesson is that the rot of social conservatism will eventually kill any party momentum.
When Harper took over and brought together the PCs and the Alliance, he had to cater somewhat to the notion of not re-fracturing this new agreement. Big tent governing. You have to remember that things were not exactly hugs and kisses between the two at the time. Peter MacKay basically sewered his leadership hopes by lying about his intention to merge the parties.
It was frequent bozo interruptions during the 2004 election cycle that probably created enough drag on the CPC momentum to stall out their ability to form government, and had former PC support shift to the Liberals rather than drift further to the right.
With the way Kenney and Ford have governed thus far it's likely we see a similar correction during their provincial election cycles.