The basic rules for the NDP leadership campaign are making their way around Twitter, and look to reflect much of what I’d hoped for: a membership deadline relatively close to the convention on March 24 in Toronto; a modest spending limit coupled with s…
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Accidental Deliberations: The obvious response
We’ll learn soon whether the NDP’s federal council will choose a pure one-member, one vote leadership process. But it’s not hard to see the news that major Quebec unions aren’t interested in participating as formal affiliates as a major step in that di…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On domino effects
Olivia Chow’s announcement that she doesn’t intend to run for the NDP’s leadership looks to bring the race into much sharper focus. With Chow deciding not to run, there’s a wide open space for a candidate from the greater Toronto area. And while Peggy …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Reference Page
A one-stop source for general links on the 2012 NDP leadership campaign, to be updated as the race progresses. Please feel free to add additional suggestions in comments.
General Information
NDP Constitution (PDF)
Leadership Rules (to be added)
Wikipe…
Accidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012: Notable By Omission
After two posts outlining possible candidates for the NDP’s impending leadership race, I’ve thus far avoided mentioning the prospective candidate who’s been on the receiving end of both media adulation and a blogger’s plea to stay far, far away. So I’l…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On advance reservations
Romeo Saganash’s expression of interest in the NDP’s leadership figures to give him some extra time and attention in the leadership race to make up for his late arrival within the party (which again strikes me as his biggest obstacle). But let’s note a…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012: The Playing Field
With the NDP set to discuss the rules for its upcoming leadership campaign. So let’s take a quick look at a few of the basic issues involved, along with the answers which I’d think would best serve the goal of developing into a sustainable progressive …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012: Ten More Candidates For The Road
Following up on my earlier post, let’s add a few more possible NDP leadership candidates to the mix based on suggestions (here and elsewhere) as well as media reports on the race.
Pat Martin
I’d left him off my earlier list despite his long service a…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.
– Since I haven’t yet mentioned the September 9 federal council meeting which will set the rules for the NDP’s 2012 leadership race, let’s point it out now. Needless to say, now figures to be the time …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Strength in diversity
I’ll deal in more detail with the prospect of Pat Martin running for the NDP’s leadership as a pro-merger candidate. But before getting into its ultimate significance, let’s note how the media’s coverage distorts what Martin’s trial balloon actually fi…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Messages ignored
Loving. Hopeful. Optimistic. UR doin it wrong.
Though from Thomas Mulcair’s standpoint, I’m not sure the anonymous back-biting can’t be turned into a plus: what better way to dispel questions about whether a candidate can keep his cool and rise abov…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012: Preliminary Candidate List
Having posted about the target groups and issues for the NDP’s leadership campaign, let’s take the next step and put some names to the possibilities. As hinted at in my last post, I’d see the ideal field as involving enough candidates to cover effectiv…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The issue list
Following up on my post about the groups the NDP will want its candidates to reach during the upcoming leadership campaign, I’ll follow up with a brief look at some of the issues that I’d also hope to see as top priorities for one or more candidates.
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Accidental Deliberations: On entry barriers
Following up on this post drawing some first outlines of the NDP leadership race, I’ll deal briefly with one of the points that has surfaced in most media coverage: namely, whether candidates should have to be bilingual.
For the most part, every thre…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On target groups
We’ve already seen a couple of days of frantic media speculation as to who might succeed Jack Layton as the NDP’s permanent leader, and I’ll add my own list of possibilities before too long. But before considering who might run, it’s worth taking a bro…
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