If Rae becomes interim leader, Liberals will likely ask him to run in leadership race

If the Liberals move up in the polls ahead of the NDP, do you believe that the power-hungry Liberals will ask him to leave his position and bet on Justin Trudeau, Dominic LeBlanc or other unknown entities?

TORONTO—Does anybody believe that if Bob Rae becomes the interim leader of the Liberal Party he won't run for the leadership of the party next year? I don't. It's not because Rae is not a man of honour. The former NDP premier of Ontario is an honest and a classy individual and I'm sure he w...

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