This past weekend saw another Saskatchewan NDP leadership debate, this time in Weyburn. But oddly enough (particularly given the presence of some of the most active social media presences in the campaign), Saturday’s debate was the first not to be covered live at the time – meaning that the best
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Accidental Deliberations: #skndpldr – Rosetown Debate Notes
As Scott has already noted, the first Saskatchewan NDP leadership forum of 2013 saw plenty of familiar themes – particularly in the prepared speeches and the audience questions. But the candidate questions took a couple of interesting turns. The first candidate question went to Weir, and he used both of
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Some Notes on the Rosetown Debate
Video Link: LINK As promised, the party has put up the video link for the Rosetown debate, so we’re going to talk a little about it. As pointed out during the debate this debate took place in a rural area of Saskatchewan, as such the bulk of the conversation focused
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The most significant news from the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign this week was the release of another month’s worth of financial reports. And the December numbers look to reinforce rather than change the existing financial picture, with Ryan Meili posting strong gross and net numbers, Trent Wotherspoon spending enough to
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Financial Reports: LINK Another month in the leadership campaign down means another chance to take a look at some financial report numbers. Obviously, the big story coming out of the most recent pack of numbers is the tremendous month that Ryan Meili’s campaign had for December. Ryan has consistently led
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #skndpldr Candidate Rankings – January 15, 2013
Following up on yesterday’s introductory post, here are my first candidate rankings for the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. 1. Ryan Meili (–) Lest there be any doubt, there’s still plenty of guesswork involved in trying to rank where the candidates stand: the lone poll we’ve seen during the course of
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With the holiday break now over, we can likely expect a steady stream of news from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign until the March convention. So let’s take a look at a few developments from the past week. – While it’s still not clear how much progress Cam Broten has made
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #skndpldr Candidate Update – Trent Wotherspoon
Let’s close my mid-campaign updates with a look at Trent Wotherspoon – who started the campaign trying to lock in an image to swing the race in his favour, but looks instead to have generated the widest range of possible outcomes as the campaign kicks into high gear. Wotherspoon’s campaign
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #skndpldr Candidate Update – Erin Weir
As the candidate with the least name recognition in a field consisting of the 2009 Saskatchewan NDP leadership runner-up and two multi-term MLAs, Erin Weir has spent much of the ongoing leadership campaign working on being seen as a contender within the field, rather than being ignored an also-ran. And
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #skndpldr Candidate Update – Ryan Meili
When Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race started, one of the most important questions for all of the candidates was the level of organization Ryan Meili would bring to the campaign: whether he’d build significantly from what had been a growing base by the end of the 2009 race, or largely start
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Campaign Update: Cam Broten
Well, now we get on with our regularly scheduled post. On Thursday, Cam Broten hosted an evening event here in Saskatoon at Amigo’s. The event was incredibly well attended, I struggled to keep an accurate count, but it’s safe to say it was 50+; not to mention the fact that
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #skndpldr Candidate Update – Cam Broten
We’re now approaching the home stretch of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race – with the membership deadline looming in just over two weeks, and under two months left until the vote itself. But while there will be plenty of news to cover in that time, let’s take a look back at
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With the holiday break coming to an end, let’s take a quick look at what’s new in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign before taking stock as to where the candidates stand. While the official debates resume this weekend, the most important date to watch for is the January 25 membership
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Editorial Content: Endorsing Endorsements
Alright, let’s see if I can’t get this damnable post finally done in a manner I find acceptable for posting. This is an issue I’ve struggled with for awhile, if only because I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to say about endorsements. We’re all familiar with them, a person
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Campaign Update: General Overview
Well, now that we’ve entered 2013 to the best of our abilities, I think it’s high time we got the blog rolling again. As promised, we will take a closer look at the most recent policy proposals brought forward by Ryan Meili, but for now we will take a greater
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Not surprisingly, the last week has been fairly quiet on the Saskatchewan NDP leadership front. But I’ll offer comments on a couple of developments I hadn’t yet discussed. To start with, Joe Couture reported on questions about the similarities between Cam Broten’s leadership platform and the policy report produced from
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Financial Reports: LINK Alright, a few things to talk about; this will likely be the last post before the New Year, barring any major announcements or things to come out…Or if I finally decide what to say on endorsements and produce an editorial content post regarding that. Either way, we’ll
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With official forums on hold until January but the holiday lull not quite yet here, Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership candidates have been fairly active over the last little while. So let’s take a look at the latest developments. – The latest fund-raising numbers are available here, and charted by Alice below:
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Some Notes on the Melfort Debate
Better late than never, I suppose; but with the holidays, I do tend to find a bit less time for blogging due to being back home with family. That being said, we’ll take a look at the Melfort debate and we will have a few things to add later on
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #skndpldr – Melfort Debate Notes
The final official Saskatchewan NDP leadership debate before the holidays took place in Melfort, and featured a couple of twists on the themes that have dominated the previous forums: So what was new in the fifth leadership forum? Well, Cam Broten mostly stuck to his usual script and in-debate pattern.
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