It's like Stockwell Day, All Over Again

[bcholmes]

Quebec Tories are publically calling for Harper's resignation.

One of the things that I find so fascinating about the way party leadership works is that even a majority-winning leader (like, say, Chrétien) has to keep the members of his party happy to remain leader.

Comments

[nexstarman.livejournal.com]

I was just going over this last night. In 1983 Joe Clark faced an approval vote from the PCs, and got 66%. Not satisfied with the result he called a leadership convention at which he lost to Brian Mulroney.

[kat-chan.livejournal.com]

Yet another reason what your system is superior to ours. I know many Republicans who would love to ditch Dubya right about now.