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Rumour has it that one Mr. Lord is still interested . Would need a strong base in his birth province of Quebec so if Mr. Harper gets a minority , loses patience, moves right/libertarian and alienates Quebec there could be a movement. Alternatively Harper embraces Quebec and alienates RW/West and Mssr.'s Manning or Harris get dusted off. Tough balancing act with no clear bridging strategy especially since fiscal quagmire ahead.

Fair enough re: anyone specifically naming Cadman but in snippet world his name ran acroos the screen/headines with words like bribery , scandal etc...he will be remembered as a champion for victims rights by those who are informed(10%) and for the rest of the masses (90%) if they remember him it will be linked with scandal and bribery - unfortunate I guess parliamentary immunity and loose allegations by partisan hacks on all sides of the house has as much to do with this as the media, who generally are spoonfed scandal cereal by our proud representatives

Although it is nice to see the gatekeepers of ethics squirm We live in a snippet world where rapid fire images/headlines and sound bytes shape public opinion - not facts Partisan hacks on all sides exploit these for their parties benefit and reproduce favourable snippets ad nauseum in as many mediums as possible . Sad whentwo gentleman of impeccable ethics, Cadman and Goodale, are smeared by hacks on opposing sides without regard to their service or records Back to polls, we also frequently believe and cite media and polls regardles of their obvious RW(Post, Sun) or LW(Star) bent This one may not reflect reality as question seems non-scientific and biased towards general mistrust of politicians - who would admit they believe a poiltican unless they were partisan to begin with - wouldn't that be admitting their naievete based on snippet conditioning ?

RW social Policies will always limit penetration in Quebec and urban centres - unless Mr. Harper moves away from his base. That results in losing support with independent West and/or RW and/or Rural voter and then - deja vu all over again - populist tub-thumping right rears it's head.