But if politics is an art, it is not like sculpture or painting, where one side acts and the other is passive material. It is more like drama without… - Tom Flanagan

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But if politics is an art, it is not like sculpture or painting, where one side acts and the other is passive material. It is more like drama without a script, or dance without choreography - in other words, improvisation. Either player may surprise us again with a new move.

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About Tom Flanagan

Thomas Eugene Flanagan (born March 5, 1944) is a political scientist at the University of Calgary and a conservative political activist. He has served as an advisor and ideological mentor to Canada's current Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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