animatronic
Senior Member
Doug has a few things going for him - he's got name-brand recognition, he can draw donations and his nationalist/fantasy economic policies appeal to a certain breed of conservative. The downside, of course, is that he's a hot mess of a failed politician who would be impossible to keep in line if he ever made it to Queen's Park.Haven't checked in for quite some time, but had to take a quick peek to see what the response was to Dougie's big announcement tease. With all the blowback on Trump and his questionable antics to the south, and the derision from the majority of the population, what makes Doug think he's a good idea for the conservatives? Aren't they trying to run as fast as they can to distance themselves from the far-right as possible?
Brown is not stupid - he gets all this. His best play is to string Doug along for the $ and press, but make sure he doesn't win the nomination. In some ways this is like Ezra Levant, who was supposed to run for the Alliance but was pushed aside so Harper could get his seat in a by-election (and then shut out of the nomination process after that).