To borrow a quote from James Wolcott: “ they’ve seen it all, they’ve said it all; they’re bored; we’re bored, let’s order another round of yawns.” I guess the take-away from this speech (skip ahead to the last five minutes for the good stuff) was that the Liberal Party is
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the reeves report: Liberals opt to tread cautiously into the future
Stage in Canada Hall at the Liberal Biennial Convention. Canada’s die-hard Liberals are wrapping up their Biennial Convention in Ottawa this afternoon. It has been an enthusiastic affair, despite the fact that it is not a leadership convention. (Although the Liberals have had enough of those in the past decade
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Federal Liberal adoption of Alberta Liberal voting rule is sure end badly
Your blogger with Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman. Below: Federal Liberal Leader Bob Rae. If he loses his seat in the next provincial election, will Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada?He can if he wants, if the timing works out. And
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: What I Learned In One Day
As a politcal junkie conventions are one of the most exiciting events I can go to. This convention so far is no exception. At the convention is one of the only places in the world where you can tap someone’s sholder and say “hey Ima Liberal” and actually have a
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: In the Interim (2)
After ruefully running down the field of candidates for interim leader, here’s the conclusion I reached back in May: But, above all these names, the one that stands out is Bob Rae. Rae is experienced, respected, bilingual, and well spoken. He would keep the Liberals in the headlines and would
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Shorter Bob Rae
I think this government sucks and the government I ran, which most people think sucked, doesn’t suck as bad as this one does. I kid, of course. His speech was actually very worthwhile to listen to and I enjoyed every moment of it. I have conflicted feelings over Rae –
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Bob Rae’s March toward Coronation
In a development that will likely surprise few, it seems that steps are being prepared to permit Bob Rae, the Liberal Party’s interim leader, to run for the permanent leadership. I have little doubt, despite his initial denial that he was seeking the position, that this was Rae’s plan all
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Bob Rae and "Iffy Questions"
I can’t believe that anyone fell for it when he said he wasn’t going to run, and now its come back pretty definitively in this Globe article: “Now you’re asking what President [Franklin] Roosevelt used to call iffy questions,” said Mr. Rae at a news conference Friday. “And I don’t
Continue readingFar and Wide: Bob Rae Hits Quebec
While the story focuses on rehashed nothingness, there is something informative at the bottom of the Bob Rae article, namely the Liberals might have finally discovered this one province in Canada, think they call it Quebec: He said the Liberals will be stumping in Quebec in early 2012 to pick
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Thoughts on the political circus around Attawapiskat
Sometimes you have to laugh, or cry. Today I did a bit of both. Minister Duncan’s (aka Minister Dum-dum’s)performance and lack of knowledge about his file meant his press secretary had to rescue him from a press conference. Liberal Aboriginal Affairs Critic Carolyn Bennett said he was in so far
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Thoughts on the political circus around Attawapiskat
Sometimes you have to laugh, or cry. Today I did a bit of both. Minister Duncan’s (aka Minister Dum-dum’s)performance and lack of knowledge about his file meant his press secretary had to rescue him from a press conference. Liberal Aboriginal Affairs Critic Carolyn Bennett said he was in so far
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Thoughts on the political circus around Attawapiskat
Sometimes you have to laugh, or cry. Today I did a bit of both. Minister Duncan’s (aka Minister Dum-dum’s)performance and lack of knowledge about his file meant his press secretary had to rescue him from a press conference. Liberal Aboriginal Affairs C…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: They’re Going To Do WHAT???
The McGuinty Liberals are going to allow mining in Temagami, by a company from freakin’ CALGARY? That’s sacred ground up there, where Bob Rae put it all on the line back in 1989. We shall assume this is some kind of cock up on the Ministerial front, and that a clarification shall
Continue readingthe reeves report: Harper stands by McKay amid calls for his resignation
Canada's Defence Minister Peter McKay Some things have become clear in the past week with regards to the helicopter flight Defence Minister Peter McKay took in July 2010. McKay was on a fishing vacation in Newfoundland outside of Gander and one morning he found out he was needed in Ontario
Continue readingthe reeves report: ON Premier Dalton McGuinty rumoured for federal Liberal leadership
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty may be publicly dismissing any interest he may have in running for the federal Liberal top job, but sources close to the Premier told Globe and Mail columnist Lawrence Martin last week that McGuinty has not ruled out the possibility of moving
Continue readingthe reeves report: Is Bob Rae the Liberals next Keith Davey?
Senator Keith Davey chats with Prime Minister and Pierre Trudeau in this 1976 photo. Peter C. Newman’s latest book When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada was supposed to be the book that chronicled Michael Ignatieff’s rise to political power in Canada. Plucked from the wilderness – question
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Macleans Hands Bob Rae The…
…Redshirt, whilst pretending to honor him. Just shows how the MSM will attempt to hobble any leadership bid by the former Ontario Premier. This award is the equivalent of being voted most polite barbarian; the signal sent is that you’re not long for politics. I pray that Mr. Rae can recover. And, hopefully, if Sheila gets in as
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Dalton McGuinty Is Jesus
..or, at least, not Bob Rae. But I believe him when he says he won’t run. Which so far gives us for the Liberal Leadership race an allegedly reluctant Bob Rae (banned from competing by the LPoC youth elite) vs. Borys Who?, who is intriguing but way low profile. Steve, Jeff…where is this
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Bob And Sheila Show
Steve and Jeff are upset with Shelia Copps remarks yesterday re democracy in the LPoC and the possible permanent leadership aspirations of currently interim leader Bob Rae. They get hives at the very thought of Rae as permanent head, I suppose; …
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Rae Of Hope
Lawrence Martin — who admits being inspired by MacKenzie King — looks into his crystal ball this morning and predicts that Bob Rae will lead the Liberals in opposition and Mark Carney will lead them back to power. At the moment, both predictions are a bit of a stretch. However, Martin accurately notes that Rae is off to an "impressive start."
Those who believe that the centre has dropped
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