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Originally Posted by bomberjet
It's got to be quite the wake up call for Rana. She was beaten by the one guy who ran a terrible campaign. Bad press all over the place. Embarrassing moments where Greg tells him to calm down during a live press conference. The Twitter thing. And Rana ends up third with Kinew winning...
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In some respects I think parties are too quick to hurry unsuccessful rookie leaders out the door after a loss. There is merit to the slow, steady approach... the NDP was very wise to stick with Doer even after he lost three elections in a row before starting a dynasty. By contrast, the PCs were probably too quick to bounce Murray and McFadyen. The mistakes you make early on in leadership pave the way for later success.
That said, I'm not sure there is much to salvage with Rana. I know she was kind of on her own with inadequate staff support, but I don't think she has a fundamental grasp of how provincial politics works. Or at least if she does, she has no idea how to convey that. I think several of her candidates would have been far better suited to being leader.
Credit to Rana, she came in at a very low ebb for the Liberals and snapped up the leadership. But it's time for her and the party to move on in different directions. The results demonstrate that there is potential for a Liberal party in Manitoba, but it will need a much better qualified individual to attain it.