Stronach played a gamble in crossing to the Liberals. She figured that she had a better chance of becoming the party leader/prime minister in the aging Liberals than in the Young strong Conservatives. I think her crossing over showed the stupidity of even designating parties as technically right or left. This crossing the floor was supposed to be used as a strong message over your own parties decisions that you felt you couldnt accept. Now it is a way of manuvering yourself into a cabinet post.