Might be wrong
The whole address thing might've worked a little bit.
Because it's not like Martin actually came across as "Presidential" or above the whole corruption issue.
I think he played towards his best strength - appealing toward the pity and sympathy vote.
He wanted to be Prime Minister from the time he was a little boy, remember? And then he pursued it mercilessly until he forced his party leader out of office.
Most Canadians, the ones who don't care at all about policy or anything substantive, might just cast their votes for the guy who would be incredibly depressed and broken if he lost an election.
Remember, this same guy confidentally bragged to Peter Mansbridge in December 2003 that he planned to be in office for "two full terms", (i.e. 8 years of majority rule) and that right there would be "sufficient" to retire on.
No one wants the Prime Ministership as bad as Paul Martin, and he might just win it back simply because of that.
Because it's not like Martin actually came across as "Presidential" or above the whole corruption issue.
I think he played towards his best strength - appealing toward the pity and sympathy vote.
He wanted to be Prime Minister from the time he was a little boy, remember? And then he pursued it mercilessly until he forced his party leader out of office.
Most Canadians, the ones who don't care at all about policy or anything substantive, might just cast their votes for the guy who would be incredibly depressed and broken if he lost an election.
Remember, this same guy confidentally bragged to Peter Mansbridge in December 2003 that he planned to be in office for "two full terms", (i.e. 8 years of majority rule) and that right there would be "sufficient" to retire on.
No one wants the Prime Ministership as bad as Paul Martin, and he might just win it back simply because of that.
posted by Japnaam Singh at
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