He has not made any pro-active or aggressive moves to jump on the leadership bandwagon or indicated any interest in any cabinet portfolio, etc. Does that show the personality of the man, in that he is biding his time -- he wants to pay his dues before he takes on the mantle of leadership?
There are two ways to look at it. One, he is always looking at long-term issues and not short-term.
Secondly, he wants to look at the foundation of the party first. So, he's saying look, there's enough time.
We got to fix and build the foundation of the party. We got to look at long-term interests and that's his strength.
And would you say this strength lends credence to his legitimacy when indeed it's time to lead?
Yes, but he's not really into media things -- about what would the media say, how would the media look at it and that sort of thing. He is not like that. He says, Look, I got to do what I got to do, and the media has to do what the media has to do. So, I am not doing it for the media. It doesn't matter to him.
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