Here here, Publius. Its not just what he said, but his seeming total confidence that we will buy it. Its how generals in the North Korean Army talk to the public.

UserOne - why you so quick to believe the Minnis camp's press release over and above The Tribune? Surely at the very lest, they should be treated with equal degrees of suspicion. Its not like Camp Minnis hasn't stooped to flinging BS at the public before...

We gonna have a tear gas referendum too? You know they just itchin to ignore the results of another national poll. Ain't it was Pindling used to say the voice of the people is the voice of God"?

You call what the PLP have done "vision for this country"? Jokes! Don't get me wrong, the PLP on paper have always been laudable, but they have never matched that potential in practice, not for even a minute... instead they lined their grubby little pockets at the expense of the rest of us from day one. Any psychologist worth his salt will tell you that the 'drug years' presided over by the PLP are the direct cause of the two failed generations responsible for our current crime epidemic. The College of The Bahamas will soon be a university you say? More like the laughing stock of international tertiary education. You can't just stick a sign on the door that says 'university'. How may PHD courses they running? How many foreign institutions accepting their credit? Can UOB be taken seriously while run by a politically appointed plagiarist? If my son plagiarized, will they give him a free pass too? Maybe they will give him a salary in the hundreds of thousands, like Perry's friend Mr Smith gets. As usual with the PLP, all surface, zero substance. Free high school you say? Well, how is the PLP's system of secondary education working out for us? D- is an acceptable average, is it? A department of Education not just mired in corruption, incompetence and jobs for friends, family and lovers, but so saturated with the above that the gears ground to a halt a long time ago. A glorious 'vision' indeed. And then there is National Insurance, the political slush fund extraordinaire. A tax (so sayeth the Supreme Court of the Bahamas) collected from the public which by law should go into the Consolidated Fund where at least a modicum of transparency can be applied, has instead since day one been funneled into a separate 'fund' that only his eminence 'The Minister' has purview over, and he can distribute said money to his friends and associates at will without the public ever knowing. Meanwhile, retirees and the ill get a pittance, not nearly enough to live on for all their years of contribution. Please cut the nonsense. If you want to argue that both main parties have failed to act interest of the public then fine. But do not try to hold the PLP up as some paragon of visionary leadership in the public interest. It is simply laughable. What they are is a bunch of petty gangsters who talk a good talk and convince the gullible that they mean what they say, just before they shaft us all for their own personal benefit. They have been doing it for half a century. Lately, they are starting to actually let slip that all they care about is themselves, which is probably the biggest open secret in Bahamian history, but still. Hence, your 'understanding' of Dr Minnis acting selfishly making you a dyed in the wool PLP. That's all I'm saying.

Birdie, it was you who said you understand the position that "only a real fool would not seek to have persons who support them around them". Who the cap fit, let them wear it.

And that, Birdie, is why you are a perfect PLP. You see, FNMs are supposed to think about the good of party and country, not just themselves. Human nature has nothing to do with it. Elected officials are supposed to be dedicated to service, for the good of us all, not about getting "rid" of those who disagree with them in a cynical bid for power. Minnis embracing the "All for me, baby" culture makes him a creature best suited for the governing party, not the FNM – just like it does you.

...and my 5-year old daughter could beat Minnis in debate.

dedde and franklyn - If Minnis is in charge come the next election the fnm will go up in flames, and the country with it. My perspective: It is amazing how many FNMs will let their personal attachment to Hubert Minnis ruin the party, cost it the election and by extension ruin the country. Blind people know Minnis is not the best choice for leader, that Christie and Co wipe the floor with him frequently in parliamentary debate and that why will destroy him on the campaign trail. Surely, any real FNM who consider's himself or herself a patriot would want the party let by the strongest possible individual, the one who has the best chance of beating the Evil Empire... no matter who that person is.

We don't always agree. But right now, I would back Emac for PM.

deddie - The "ground game" you refer to is one of the cornerstones of our corrupt, morally bankrupt "democracy" and a route cause of all of our problems. The way we politick in The Bahamas would see half the politicians in jail in a civilized country where there is true respect for the rule of law. As to Dr. Minnis not having done anything publicly to convince you that he is unsuitable to be PM, well, I guess bumbling and confusing one's words every time one speaks is a suitable qualification for PM in your eyes; you must have no problem with a PM who makes a rank fool of himself on the international stage, comparing the PLP to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in a public display of crass insensitivity; I suppose you don't mind a man who enriches himself off the public while in government, making half a million dollars from a Ministry of Health contract, WHILE he is the Minister of Health (and failing to disclose this to parliament, then pretending that he had); you must think it is good and proper for a prospective PM to remove a senator and replace her with a personal supporter, claiming that this was part of the party's two year "rotation policy", but leave other senators there for three years or more. I mean, he can't even make good excuses for his self serving behavior. Did he think we couldn't see the other FNM members of the senate? Does he think they are invisible??