As Conservative Party members try to unravel who is who in the leadership race- do not forget the public is also doing the same thing.
As with any leadership race we have lots of candidates with egos bigger than experience. Remember the “He Is Not Ready” slogan the Conservatives used against Trudeau? Well look at our list of leadership candidates.
The latest bunch according to the party web site consists of:
Scott Aitchison Jean Charest Leona Alleslev Marc Dalton
Roman Baber Leslyn Lewis Patrick Brown Pierre Poilievre
As you can see all of them are household names and recognized from coast to coast. In realty most are nice people, but really? You want to be the leader?
Right now, Poilievre is considered to be the front runner.
Yet, a wise old Director of Communications for Joe Clark by the name of Bill Rodgers, used to tell me in our issues management meetings to sit back and watch as the media (of which he was once one of them) love a horse race. They have no interest in a coronation. He used to say give them a few weeks and the media will begin to level the playing field. He was usually correct.
Are we seeing that now with Poilievre? The story on owning rental property, the Steam Whistle story etc.
Let us sit back and watch who they build up and who they tear now to level the playing field.
Either way enjoy it. Take an honest look at who is running, their experience level, their platform and decide for yourself.
