The surprise is not the political celebrity of Kevin O’Leary, based on name recognition that enabled him to sign up 9,000 new members and raise $300,000 since launching last month. None of them has been able to cannibalize enough support from the others to break away from the pack and mount a serious challenge to O’Leary. At least Stephen Harper, who clearly qualified as a dominating leader, was steeped in the traditions of the party he led. The Conservative Party of Canada remains a loose confederation of warring tribes. I’m not convinced it would survive having Kevin O’Leary as leader.

Source: National Post February 03, 2017 00:09 UTC