More and more, I'm convinced Clement is the only choice the new party has to truly be new. Harper's baggage is obvious, but Stronach is turning out to be the worst of both worlds - a central Canadian (convincing the old Reformers they've lost the control they were trying to get by leaving the Tories in the first place) with politics that come from the old Reform tradition (thereby convincing the Tories there was no merger at all, that it was a takeover).