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Mac
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 Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject: New Brunswick election |
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I'm watching via internet from another coast altogether. Anyone out that way got comments on the campaign?
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Craig
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| National Newswatch is suggesting that he will either run in the next federal election or will be appointed ambassador to France. |
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Mac
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Lord was courted by the Fed-Cons before. Time will tell, I guess.
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He can do more for the Canadian conservative cause as a federal MP and cabinet minister. Harper knows that.
I hope he runs federally. |
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McGuire
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| NB's loss will be Canada's gain. Lord would make a tremendous cabinet minister & would set himself up as the likely successor to Harper. |
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CC Scott
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Well Lord is saying that he doesn't want to do Federal politics. Partially because I feel Lord is not a fan of Harper's. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Lord was the first premier to endorse Harper for the leadership and would easily be a high profile leadership contender in his own right.
Any decision to not enter federal politics will likely be a result of him wanting to spend more time with his family. |
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Mac
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| anchorlink wrote: | Lord was the first premier to endorse Harper for the leadership and would easily be a high profile leadership contender in his own right.
Any decision to not enter federal politics will likely be a result of him wanting to spend more time with his family. |
Perhaps Lord is showing (as usual) wisdom beyond his years. His family is young now and that only happens once. Harper is leading a new coalition which is still having adjustment/growing pains and the last thing Harper needs is to have a Harper/Lord dynamic like the Chretien/Martin dynamic. When the time comes to replace Harper, Lord will still be a contender and, in the meantime, his family gets to have his attention.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, easily. I just don't think there's any real animosity between the two that would cause any real tension. I get the feeling Lord would probably be happy to serve as a cabinet minister and wouldn't want to force a sitting leader out of power. |
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