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Rae could be acclaimed
Liberal interim leader Bob Rae: ‘artfully passive strategy.’ (SEAN KILPATRICK/ THE CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES)
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Re: Rae bows out: will Trudeau jump in?, (Joan Bryden, June 14) and Whispers of uniting the left growing louder (Mia Rabson, June 18). Unlike U.S. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman who famously declined the 1884 Republican presidential nomination by declaring, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected," interim Liberal leader Bob Rae has made no such incontrovertible pledge.
Stating that "the way in which I can serve my party best is by not running for the permanent leadership" does not, however, rule out his accepting the party's leadership if it were offered via acclamation.
Given the lack of gravitas in the current list of potential candidates, this artfully passive strategy may indeed be the best way Rae can serve the Liberal Party.
MARK S. RASH
Winnipeg
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition June 19, 2012 A7
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