Tory can still pull it off

Whether he read my blog or not, Tory sure changed his tune on the faith-based schooling issue. He may be paying the price for it now, but it's still early to call the time of death on his campaign. From here, I think he needs to do three things:

1. Stick to his guns - he was firm in his support of the idea in the first place and has to stand firm with the new plan, including my original idea that he commit to developing an ideal solution before the next election.
   
2. Come up with the sound bite(s) - There are a bunch of ways Tory can turn the flip flop sentiment around, and they all require a stinging one-liner or two. He can turn it around on McGuinty and that voters are understandably more accustomed to leaders chaning their minds after the promises have been made and election results tallied. He can draw on the Leadership Matters theme, that what voters are seeing is smart leadership, something perhaps they can be forgiven for not recognizing. Whatever the issues, there's a zinger or two that can change public opinion around on this.
   
3. Hope - and I suppose praying would be appropriate - that he made the tactic switch on the issue far enough ahead of the election. A week earlier and I think he would have been fine - time will tell if the remaining 5 days is just enough for voters to move on to the big picture decision.