Conservatives’ rank and file ‘pissed off’ O’Leary quit, wondering, ‘what the hell are we left with?’

Rank-and-file party members are said to be ‘mad’ at former Harper cabinet ministers, like Peter MacKay, John Baird, and Jason Kenney, who they feel would have fared better in an election than who’s left.
Kevin O'Leary, pictured centre on Feb. 24 at a party he hosted in Ottawa during the Manning Conference, shook up the Conservative Party leadership race last week when he dropped out and threw his support behind Conservative MP Maxime Bernier's leadership campaign.
With Kevin O’Leary gone from the Conservative leadership race, there are concerns within the party about the level of star power left and the chances any of the remaining candidates have of winning the next federal election, say insiders. There is still resentment toward heavyweights from the for...

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