As a staunch conservative you can love him all you want but if Harper is voted back in you may as well hand the liberals another election. The voter base is already leaning quite a bit left and Harper is not considered a moderate in most of the country. If Cons are to have any chance next time around they have to find someone who is viewed as a moderate by key swing voters. That means they have to appease the moderate green crowd (voters with green issues as one priority but willing to shift vote depending on overall platform). They are the source of the lefts recent power. Mackay has a chance maybe but he has to be seen as socially moderate at minimum. Seems the seas are parting for him to get the leadership anyways. Time will tell.
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