{"product_id":"9781459718456","title":"Right Turn: How the Tories Took Ontario","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt wasn't so much a big blue machine that chugged its way across Ontario's political landscape in the spring of 1995 — it was more a big purple bulldozer driven by leader Mike Harris and a new breed of Tories. Gone were the pinstripes and the cigar-chomping backroom boys of the forty-two years of Tory rule. These Tories were young, hip, and they were riding the wave of their Common Sense Revolution, a platform launched a year earlier. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Still, there were only a few who thought the PCs stood a chance of winning the Ontario provincial election. Though Bob Rae's NDP government was foundering, Lyn McLeod and the Liberals were holding what looked like a steady two-to-one lead in the polls. Relying on a combination of video tapes, clever advertising, and a brilliant campaign plan, the Harris team turned it all around, pulling off one of the most stunning upsets in Canadian political history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eRight Turn\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135181865200,"sku":"9781459718456","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459718456_p0.jpg?v=1763871283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459718456","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}