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You really can't compare Stronach to Layton...
Stronach doesn't have the histroy that Layton has. She is a political neophyte compared to Layton. If Layton were to make that sort of leap, I *would* lose respect for him but not for the same reasons that people are jumping all over Stronach.
Layton would be going against years and years of political positioning. He would never survive the move.
Stronach's move... comes off as opportunistic and naive. She really doesn't have the years of building a politcal reputation and platform that Layton does. She *may* recover from this yet and come out stronger than ever. As I've said before, the current liberal party is *way* more like the PC party of old the current Conservative Party. She could thrive in this environment. The spinning continues... on one hand we have the fanning of flames that paint her as a "dipstick", "someone we'd like to fuck", "opportunistic", "daddy's little politician"... all quite degrading. I don't know enough about her to judge her completely yet. I am in a wait and see what she does now. If she can shrug off the slings and arrows who knows... All it will take is for her to prove a competent Minister in Government to make all of that diminish into sour grapes... of course she could just prove everyone right. Like I said, wait and see... time will tell.
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