TrickyRicky
Senior Member
I think it's too soon to decide how this will impact the election. First we need to see what the PC party will do in terms of their leadership candidate. The negative for the PC party is the short window of time that complicates the process and somewhat discredits the legitimacy of the replacement leader.
How Wynne handles this is also interesting. I suspect she will try to avoid the issue. Amongst a large portion of the population she is viewed as cynical and politically opportunistic already (however fair this is or is not). Given this, attacking Brown could be negative for her and pointless as he is no longer the enemy. In fact, the more the discussion focuses on Brown the less it focuses on the PC Party. Brown was always an outsider of the party so the real message the Liberals will want to focus on is that Brown's conduct is somehow a product of PC party culture.
I'm non-partisan and a contrarian so I'm the last guy to reflect the general mood but I think the majority of people on this forum are strong Liberal or NDP voters so I thought I would add what I think because I will be voting PC for sure (my riding will probably go NDP). This scandal has absolutely no impact on my desire for change of government at Queen's park. The opportunity for someone other than Brown being leader is a relief for me as I thought he was a liability. I was willing to reserve my judgement on his fit for leadership but he seems to not be up to the task. I recall a young Dalton McGuinty was similarly creepy and questionable; however, despite my initial judgement McGuinty managed to be a strong political force (even though I oppose much of his policy direction).
Actually scratch that, maybe I am partisan. I prefer to have Conservative governments at the Provincial level and Liberal governments at the Federal Level.
How Wynne handles this is also interesting. I suspect she will try to avoid the issue. Amongst a large portion of the population she is viewed as cynical and politically opportunistic already (however fair this is or is not). Given this, attacking Brown could be negative for her and pointless as he is no longer the enemy. In fact, the more the discussion focuses on Brown the less it focuses on the PC Party. Brown was always an outsider of the party so the real message the Liberals will want to focus on is that Brown's conduct is somehow a product of PC party culture.
I'm non-partisan and a contrarian so I'm the last guy to reflect the general mood but I think the majority of people on this forum are strong Liberal or NDP voters so I thought I would add what I think because I will be voting PC for sure (my riding will probably go NDP). This scandal has absolutely no impact on my desire for change of government at Queen's park. The opportunity for someone other than Brown being leader is a relief for me as I thought he was a liability. I was willing to reserve my judgement on his fit for leadership but he seems to not be up to the task. I recall a young Dalton McGuinty was similarly creepy and questionable; however, despite my initial judgement McGuinty managed to be a strong political force (even though I oppose much of his policy direction).
Actually scratch that, maybe I am partisan. I prefer to have Conservative governments at the Provincial level and Liberal governments at the Federal Level.
