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Originally Posted by Firebot
He resigned from the Liberal Party and yet staying onboard as Independent MP...for a chance at a leadership role in a middling 3rd party provincial party that is happening in a year with no hope of becoming premier anytime soon, for an election scheduled 2 years from now. The elections could have come and gone by that time.
Show another MP that has done this? All the MPs that bailed all resigned from their seat and had their seat up for a by-election. This includes Andy Fillmore who is running for mayor of Halifax.
That Rodriguez is not resigning from his seat while sitting as an Independent is the true telling portion. There was no pressing reason to drop out of the party. He's keeping his job and dropped his federal party affiliation only...to run for the provincial party with the same affiliation? How does that make sense to you?
https://338canada.com/24027e.htm
His riding is one of the safest ridings possible for the Liberals, and Liberals are still polling at a crazy 47%. He is one of the MPs most likely to hold his seat. He is choosing to deny the Liberals from having an MP from that riding.
If this is not the biggest finger to Trudeau from within his internal caucus possible, you have your rosy blinders on again.
I also bet he is not the last prominent MP to do such a move. |
You don't normally get the chance to run for leader when a party is doing awesome. Its obviously a sinking ship, this is a smart move to signal himself as a Liberal, and not a Trudeau Liberal. That's how you put yourself in the spot to sprout from the ashes, be it provincially...or maybe eventually federally