Precisely. Diefenbaker was famously a good debater, but was actually very indecisive as PM (As told to me by thereon of his Whip). Most of Dief's floor moments were in Opisition.
No party leader is going to entirely please their constituency; sensible leaders have normally relied on senior figures to keep factions and tendencies confident that they have a voice at the top.
Mr Mulroney's croneyism was redeemed among business types by Mr Mazankowski and progressives by Mr Clark. Mr Trudeau's bolshie RC side was tempered by Mr Turner/Mr Lumley for business types, Roberts & Johnson for policy nerds, and Gray & Axworthy for the anglophone left. Mr Polièvre has a number of competent colleagues whom he should allow to the front to ensure that voters see the Conservatives as more than a one-note chihuahua ego vehicle; I think he is not serving his cause when he does not bring them forth.
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Mr Mulroney's croneyism was redeemed among business types by Mr Mazankowski and progressives by Mr Clark. Mr Trudeau's bolshie RC side was tempered by Mr Turner/Mr Lumley for business types, Roberts & Johnson for policy nerds, and Gray & Axworthy for the anglophone left. Mr Polièvre has a number of competent colleagues whom he should allow to the front to ensure that voters see the Conservatives as more than a one-note chihuahua ego vehicle; I think he is not serving his cause when he does not bring them forth.