This party needs a leader with a long track record. That person also has to be intimately familiar with every aspect of the party and its positions. That person has to have a proven record of dedicated service to the party and Conservative governments, post 2003.
Jean Charest says he's a Conservative. Then let him produce his membership information for all to see. If he's been discreetly all in since 2003, then great. If not, then stop pretending. He better not be a Johnny-Come-Lately nor another Erin O'Toole -- who's one thing while in the PCPC, another while premier and finally a third incarnation while running for the CPC leadership.
It brings me back to Clark's remark about Orchard about being a tourist in the [legacy] party. Could Charest win a general election? Sure he could. But the membership is calling the shots in this race and they will go for the genuine article. That's why if Charest isn't 100% authentic, he and his people might as well simply stay home.
Like I said before, watch Harper's cabinet ministers. They will show the way to a considerable extent. For Charest to win, he needs at least a plurality of ministers. But where the rubber really hits the road is whether he can actually do that. Colour yours truly skeptical at best.
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