PM prepares to kick-start fresh game, next election

Prime Minister Stephen Harper in power has learned to get ahead of the game. He is maximizing a deep and narrow Conservative base by pushing hot-button issues to polarize public opinion, depressing voter turnout and bending—sometimes breaking—

In politics as in sports, dominant players see the game differently. They position themselves to take advantage of where the action is headed, not where it's been or is happening now.

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