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Originally Posted by Firebot
Poilievre is a bit of a kook himself, let's be real. That's why he got elected as leader and booted O'Toole who tried to run center. He's a smart kook though, and it's time to avoid associating with social right issues like the plague. As much as Poilievre wants this election to be the carbon tax, it's clear the next election will now be about nationalism, and protecting Canada from Trump. Message has to shift in kind.
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I agree with almost everything here (although I don't think that Poilievre is any smarter than anyone else). But the issue is that his main stances are gone. He can run against Trudeau, but the Liberals are going to do that as well. He can stand behind his "Axe the Tax" signs, but that ship is sailed. Pretty soon, he's going to have to actually convince people to support him and his MAGA populism, and honestly, I think that is going to be harder than it was, say, 6 months ago. The Trump election and his attacks against Canada are going to make things tough for the CPC because I'm not sure how much of an appetite there is for politicians who want to cozy up to someone building concentration camps and conducting mass deportations of immigrants.