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No politician does particularly well in the face of the initial tsunami of skepticism he or she faces.

However, Justin Trudeau seemed to do particularly poorly.

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This is not to suggest this proves Trudeau is the political creampuff that Conservatives and right-wing media ideologues tried to portray him to be during the 72-day federal campaign. To have survived one of the longest, nastiest and most personalized campaigns Canadian politics has seen shows Trudeau is surely more than just “nice hair.”

He tolerated the vicious attack from the Conservative political machine without losing his temper and by keeping focused on his central message. As has been repeated in many a federal election post-mortem, it’s likely the reason why his Liberals pulled off the biggest seat turnaround in House of Commons history.

But now what?

Well, all politicians enjoy a bit of a honeymoon period and one might argue that Trudeau’s will last longer than most.