Echo chambers, strategists and Scheer

The whole Scheer-Marshall-Levant issue is a classic example of what I call a 'politics of politics' story, which is to say it’s the kind of 'inside baseball' stuff that resonates only in the halls of media and partisan echo chambers. And this is something Andrew Scheer needs to keep in mind.

Hamish Marshall, who used to work at The Rebel, will be running the Conservative Party 2019 federal election campaign. No offence to Mr. Marshall, but I highly suspect he’s not exactly a household name, nor for that matter, despite his notoriety in media and political circles, is Ezra Levant.Heck, I bet many Canadians are still fuzzy about Andrew Scheer’s name. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

October 30, 2017

OAKVILLE, ONT.—A recurring theme in politics is that “behind-the-scenes” guys, a.k.a political party strategists, don’t always remain behind the scenes. Every now and again one of their number flashily pops into the media’s consciousness, sometimes popping in voluntarily; sometimes, invol...

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