On Stephen Harper's withdrawal [from the press]
[Cross-posted to The Sorry Centrist]
EVEN THOUGH I agree 100 per cent with Harper's recent assessment of the Ottawa press gallery where he said, "I have trouble believing that a Liberal prime minister would have this problem", unfortunately, there is a side of me that is convinced that a majority of this dispute resonates from his very unpredictable personality. In fact, this whole messy ordeal reminded me of an old excerpt from Preston Manning's book Think Big regarding the Prime Minister;
EVEN THOUGH I agree 100 per cent with Harper's recent assessment of the Ottawa press gallery where he said, "I have trouble believing that a Liberal prime minister would have this problem", unfortunately, there is a side of me that is convinced that a majority of this dispute resonates from his very unpredictable personality. In fact, this whole messy ordeal reminded me of an old excerpt from Preston Manning's book Think Big regarding the Prime Minister;
The positives are impressive: he has a brilliant strategic mind, a sound grasp of public policy, and good communication skills in both French and English. The negatives - his mistrust of the grassroots, his tendency not to be a team player in his early years, and the tendency to withdraw - are manageable if they are ackowledged and compensated for by the strengths of others.So who should be blamed for this frivolous feud? Who the heck knows? Since I am not there firsthand to witness the wasteful behind-the-scenes dribble, it is impossible to answer that question unequivocally. But the one thing I do know for certain is that this is definitely a zero sum situation where neither party intends to give in. So with that in mind, I do believe there is one last grasp at a resolution to this amazingly tiresome affair. That being, an olive branch in the form of a moderate conservative negotiator. Unfortunately, I'm pretty confident, in saying, that this PMO hiring will not take place anytime soon folks.
