At a party Monday night for the launch of Paul Tuns' book, Jean Chretien: A Legacy of Scandal (buy it now by clicking on the link) I was caught off guard by criticism from a conservative acquaintance about my recent attacks on Harper. This person said that Harper is only doing what I've been calling for: "professionalizing" the party, meaning he's bringing in Red Tories to run the show.
Just to be crystal clear (and I really don't think this needs to be said for anyone who's read this blog), that is not what I've called for. Not once have I said the Harper Tories should move left or bring in the Red Tories.
By professionalizing, I mean running a better communications shop. I mean overall better organization. I mean running a good leaders tour. I mean bring in American consultants, or some of the people who got Mike Harris elected. I mean using an ad firm that knows how to make good ads (they could do worse than to call whoever did this thing.)
In short, "professionalizing" does not mean moving left.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 10:20 AM
