First, Mark Marissen played rough to deliver B.C. for the Paul Martin camp, leaving plenty of disgruntled Liberal party members in his wake. Then, he turned on the charm to lead Stéphane Dion to an unlikely victory at the 2006 Liberal convention. As the political strategist readies himself for the campaign of his life, will the victims of his old take-no-prisoners approach come back to haunt him?
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Emerson said he wanted to inject some business savvy into Ottawa at a time when “the [partisan] lines are blurring.” He ended up crossing those lines, and took a beating for the blunder. Is this a lesson for other business high flyers tempted to flex some political muscle?
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