Maxime Bernier Coup D'État?

Why is it that within moments of Jean Charest's sudden catastrophic collapse in his poll numbers, pundits were speculating that Maxime Bernier was preparing to overthrow him? Some Conservative bloggers pleaded with the Prime Minister to give him a cabinet post before we lose him to Quebec provincial politics. Doesn't Charest have 3 years left on his majority term? Dalton McGuinty set the precedence that if your support is to dip into single digits, best do it in year one, spend the next 3 years pretending that you did nothing wrong and soon you are cruising to re-election. I think proclaiming Maxime to be the successor to Charest may be a tad premature.

I am a fan of Maxime Bernier. I am on the record saying that I believe he should be in cabinet, and there is much about the man I respect. After that whole drama with his ex-girlfriend, he went back to his constituents and asked them for another term and he defeated his nearest competitor 31,883 to 7,143. After all the sensationalized hoopla, the people who know him the best, the people he represents, sent him back to parliament with 62% of the vote. I think he would make an excellent Quebec Lieutenant and I would like to see him challenge the policies of Jean Charest. I would just prefer if he did so from federal cabinet.