The Globe and Mail is reporting that Frank McKenna will not run for the leader of the Liberal party. McKenna's candidacy seemed to good to be true (from a Liberal's prospective), and a potential nightmare for the conservatives. It turned out that those rumours reported widely in the press were either made up or inflated.
McKenna was the only one who could have effectively rebuild the Liberal Party and possibly win the next election. Now it looks like it will be a race between Rae and Ignatieff (unless John Manley joins the race), and the fight will be between those who want to move the Liberals (further) to the left, and those who want to stick it closer to the centre-right. It looks like the Liberals will be pulled apart, which from my prospective would be a very interesting and slightly satisfying spectacle.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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What is I about McKenna that makes him the golden child?
I worked with Frank McKenna's daughter a few years ago.
I'm normally further left than the Liberals, part on philosophy, part on the state of that party, but I probably would have supported him.
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