Does having Trudeau as a Prime Minister help Mulcair?

[Moonbox]

My argument is this - it was 1 part anti Harper and 1 part pro Justin.

Definitely.

Harper was very unpopular. Somehow, Trudeau created a wave at the same time.

Like I said, his name and his looks have always been enough for him to bring an audience. He's like a rock star on university campuses and was even before he became party leader. The fact that he's such a good speaker definitely helps though.

The brilliant thing about Trudeau and his campaign was that he offered the exact opposite of everything people hated about Harper. It was a populist, optimistic message coming from a great speaker that people found easy to like. That was in direct contrast to the dark warnings and pessimism they were getting from the dour, robotic Harper.

[ToadBrother]

That selfish little walk in the snow did more damage to the Liberal brand than anything Paul Martin could do when he finally got into power. Chretien singlehandedly decimated the Liberal party which gave Harper a chance. Young Trudeau? Talk about inexperienced. His knowledge of basic parliamentary procedure and the like will handicap him greatly. He'll need to be spoon fed what he's supposed to do in many areas. Hopefully he doesn't embarrass Canada. But the Canadian media love him, so he'll get softball questions and glowing stories about his wife.

You're not exaggerating Trudeau's deficits at all. No sirreee, he's not been in the House of Commons for seven years no sirreee.

[Smallc]

The brilliant thing about Trudeau and his campaign was that he offered the exact opposite of everything people hated about Harper. It was a populist, optimistic message coming from a great speaker that people found easy to like. That was in direct contrast to the dark warnings and pessimism they were getting from the dour, robotic Harper.

I have to say - it was too good of a platform for me not to vote for them. I don't agree with all of it, but most things I'm at least okay with. Now, lets hope he keeps his word.

[Moonbox]

I have to say - it was too good of a platform for me not to vote for them. I don't agree with all of it, but most things I'm at least okay with. Now, lets hope he keeps his word.

I felt pretty much the same. I was at least willing to give it a chance. I KNEW that Harper's platform sucked. Trudeau's has potential. It remains to be seen if he'll be responsible with it or if he'll follow the typical Liberal Tax-and-Spend formula that his Dad and the Ontario Liberals have followed. I think/hope he's smart enough to know better. I can get behind infrastructure deficits. I'll never support social deficits and dead-on-arrival environmental plans like Ontario's Green Energy disaster.

[PIK]

Where is mulcair, it seems no one has seen him since the election.