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Andrew Coyne made mention of the fact that even if a caucus revolt had some early legs, a consideration that might leave it stillborn is that Poilievre likely has the grassroots support to just re-win the leadership- if he so chose

What won't stop a 7.62, or provide near the same amount of firepower as modernized CVR(T)/Wiesel type vehicle/ (manned or unmanned)? A DAGOR with a .50 bolted onto the roll cage

A modernized and slightly bigger Wiesel -Highly mobile light weight weapons platform for light forces.

How many CVR(T) sized vehicles to the C17 flight?

I'll be writing my MP to ask him to try.

True- but I'm moreso thinking about the long-term implications of the flip. There's a pretty clear "big picture" idealistic motivation for a moderate CPC to flip in order to influence an LPC minority back to the centre rather than let the NDP pull them farther left. You can argue 6 ways to...

I was curious- using 2022 leadership endorsements for Aitchision/Brown/ Charest as a proxy, the only one that satisfies my conditions is Richard Martel in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord. The other 17 are all either in safe Conservative ridings (both risky to defect, and in defiance of constituent wishes)...

Also only 4 moderate PC defectors away from a majority. I don't think it likely, but if Poilievre holds onto power, retains Byrne, and doesn't shift at all.... is there 4 sitting CPC that are both going to chafe under such a scenario + have a path to reelection- (close enough race that they...

I'm of two minds. On one side- choked away what should of been a layup, lost, lost his seat- GTFO On the other- he can lay some legitimately impressive claims- his leadership numbers, his fundraising, raising the seat count, voter turnout On the surface- it's not unreasonable for him to at...

So something like the bastard lovechild of a wiesel 1 and a scorpion?

I was thinking fiscal restraint and stimulus. Once you strip out PP's ghost revenues both parties were planning on massive deficit funded stimulus measures- the primary difference was the how, with a material but somewhat overstated difference in degree. If you can get the LPC to adopt more...

My hope now: LPC is held to a minority, and either: PP's replacement* is less adversarial and can work across the aisle to influence said minoroty Absent the above, there enough moderate CPC MP's willing to risk being thrown out of caucus to break ranks on confidence motions and prop up said...

Depends on what you mean by "Conservative voters". Because Lewis did basically the same as she did in 2020. Baber did a little better than Sloan in that ideological slot. Charest + Aitchison combined and took the PC share Mackay had. Poilievre signed up 311k members, and got 295k votes. Was...

No. We can blame the current conservative leadership for fucking up what should have been a layup. I'm going to quote more Gerson because she hits the nail on the head- though the fat lady has not yet sung, and the ballots still need to be counted. PP may still pull it off.

If we're allowed to believe polls, PP himself was in a position to win- he just cocked it up by only having one play in the playbook and being all go no whoa. Also- see Doug Ford. Francois Legault. Tim Houston The "woe is me no Conservative can win over the Eastern Canada idiots" is claptrap.

Completely, and unequivocally, the latter- unless you don't believe in leaders having personal accountability for accomplishing their organization's goals. The former is petulant and childish, and a further reflection the cause of the (potential) downfall of this election. If the CPC loses...

I definitely like what I see from Houston. And don't particularly love Ford's non-crisis governance (That he skates on the housing crisis when Ontario's inaction is a huge part of what's driving the the national problem is crazy), but he's a "good man in a storm", and has shown a likeability...

Being vocally critical of Pierre Poilievre, Jenni Byrne, and the direction of the current iteration of the CPC does not make one ABC. But putting dissenters into that box is a damn convenient way of avoiding thinking about alternative opinion.

On the topic of "made up horseshit" this myth you've created that the posters in this thread are "anyone but Conservative"

But how many of the 91,000+ SDH's in Halifax does that represent?