It was a break from a bad tradition.
The Liberals are being blown out of the water. The only thing we're discussing now is whether the Conservatives are going to form a majority or a minority.
I think he will survive and go into the next election, ... he doesn't have the touch with people.
The Conservatives did a much better job learning from their defeat [in 2004] than the Liberals did from their victory.
In the last three elections, they've seen a quarter of their vote melt in the last week [of a campaign].
If they lose the election they blame the leader then they undermine the leader, then they lose again, it's a vicious circle. If they replace the leader now it confirms the party is in disarray.
Appointing former politicians to the job is dreadful, dreadful, dreadful, because you don't want anyone with the appearance of bias when a question of constitution comes up. So she was a welcome appointee.
Change is an issue for a lot of people. This is the Liberals seeking their fifth consecutive term, so a lot of people believe that it's healthy to have a periodic alteration of parties, like the Americans, so that dynamic is out there.
There is no upside in this (for the Liberals). There is potentially only downside.
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