The federal Liberal convention this weekend shows just exactly how out to lunch the overwrought media commentary about the devastated Liberal party has been. Around 3,000 delegates. Some said there were more than that; others said there were fewer. Lots of interested and interesting discussion. And a new president. Keeping
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The Equivocator: Looking For A New Liberal Leader? Why Not Scott Brison?
If you are looking for something to do at the Liberal biennial convention this weekend I have a suggestion for you: Walk up to Scott Brison (only if he isn’t engaged in conversation. I don’t want you to bother him) and tell him that it would be great if he
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: Liberal Primaries: Order Matters
In reviewing the Constitutional Amendments Liberals will be voting on at the Convention, the section on the Liberal primaries is fascinating. An obscure group to be known as the “Leadership Vote Committee” deserves some attention, because their arbitary decisions have enormous impact, given the staggered nature of these primary proposals.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: For the record… #nlpoli
Liberal leader Dwight Ball’s remarks on taking on the leadership: The Liberal Party has a rich history in Newfoundland and Labrador and I’m proud to be a part of it. That being said, we have much work ahead. I consider myself a team builder, and I believe teambuilding is what
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The problem with the Liberal Party #nlpoli
Guest post by Craig Westcott, from his editorial in this week’s Business Post. If, as its president Judy Morrow has proposed, the Liberal Party puts off holding a leadership convention for two years, it will be making a serious, possibly ruinous mistake. Like that one lonely turbot once described by
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 Sir Robert Bond Papers: A chance. A choice. #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Original idea comparing a Canadian political party to a hockey team, but Andrew Coyne’s metaphor for the problems confronting the federal Liberal Party works. The Liberals think of themselves like a hockey team: It has won several Stanley Cups in a row, but by the last of those cups, it
Continue readingImpolitical: Toronto Danforth watch
As we know, Harper has yet to call the by-election in Toronto Danforth. Given that we’re nearing the end of November, it’s unlikely to be called now until early in the new year. It must be called by February 26th. The last prominent mention of the by-election came around October
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Free advice #nlpoli
Free advice, they say, is worth exactly what you paid for it. And when it comes to free advice on the provincial Liberal Party leadership, Dean MacDonald is more full of it than usual. CBC’s David Cochrane gave MacDonald free airtime this past…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The rewards of planning an organization #nlpoli
While the Liberals in this province shuffle aimlessly toward the political gloom, their Nova Scotia brothers and sisters actually have enough cash in the bank that they can take 42.3 million and put it into a new thin-tank. Nova Scotia’s Liberals…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Best Case/Worst Case Scenario #nlpoli
So there you have it. The Liberal caucus, less a vacationing Jim Bennett, met last week. They decided Kevin can keep the job of Liberal Party leader and all the glory that involves these days. He can keep it some time next year, as VOCM repor…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The way not to change #nlpoli
Kevin Aylward did a yeoman service to his party by stepping in and leading it through a tough time. He didn’t add anything to the seat tally. Anyone who claims otherwise is full of shite. Those seats came from the hard work of the individual…
Continue readingImpolitical: You go, Bob
(source)A little bit of hope after a tough month. Bob Rae is now officially confirmed as Liberal interim leader. “That means our party has to become, which it has always been at its best, a bit of a movement, a movement for change, a movement for prog…
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