Well I guess they're not M. Chretien's PR people after all (Mac Penney [sp?] who used to be the PC person on Studio 2's Fourth Reading was with GPC as I recall).

But it's the same problem, he has to be willing to stick to the script. I guess Mike Harris does the same thing, in his case it's usually attributed to his old inner circle all moving on, and the new folks not having the history to be able/willing to stand up to him.

If the boss won't listen when his advisors say, "look, your blanking blank comments are blanking the blankety-blank message and you're blanking yourself deeper into the blank: stick to the script for the next month and you'll see much more public and government support", then either they're the wrong advisors (and if they won't say it, they're definitely the wrong advisors) and should be replaced, or he is.

andrew