There’s a good chance he or she will.If the NDP executive (bureaucracy) decide on September 9 to hamstring the Quebec wing of the NDP by setting a date for the election that is too short (anything before May 15 would be too soon), and/or provide for so…
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Accidental 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 readingBlunt Objects: Libby Davies for NDP Leader
Yes, just, yes.Pick out the most left-leaning NDP leader you can think of, and Libby Davies is still farther left. She makes Andrea Horwath look like Mike Harris (or does she do that herself?).Actually, Libby Davies would be an interesting contestant. …
Continue readingTrashy's World: Merger and murder: only two letters apart
Eerie, isn’t it? Redrum, redrum… Regrem, regrem… Think about it… Mulcair in Jack’s role… Hammering an axe through the Liberal caucus room’s door! For those of you who don’t get the cultural reference, I pity you. Seriously, if the progressive voices are to ever unseat the ReformCons, they will have to merge, or at the […]
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Politics of Cynicism, NDP style #nlpoli
One could hardly imagine a better way to bitch-slap the carefully fabricated Legend of Jack Layton than Lorraine Michael’s news release announcing a 25% reduction in something the provincial NDP leader calls a “small business tax”. “Small b…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Will NDP party brass "do an Ignatieff" on September 9?
To say that the future of the NDP as a possible government-to-be hangs in the balance is not overstating the issue. On September 9 the party brass might make a decision which makes the NDP’s current standings in the polls and number of MPs the high wat…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: 17 Federal NDP Leadership Possibilities
Jack Layton spent much time in his last days crafting his messages of hope, justice, optimism, equality and integrity: encouraging us to move on and build on the Orange Crush that he was such a key part of. So far I’ve heard of 17 who people are talking about considering as leadership contenders; few are […]
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario NDP continue to rise in the polls
Ontario Liberals close in on Hudak’s Conservatives: poll | News | National PostThe Ontario NDP continue to rise in the polls. In the latest Forum Research poll, support for the NDP has risen to 26%. Previously, in Forum polls, they were at 24% in lat…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: NDP now tied with Conservatives federally
Public grief over Layton puts NDP even with Tories in poll – The Globe and Mail
The Conservative support has dropped since the election and the NDP keeps on rising. The 2 parties are now tied with 33% support each. Liberals are in 3rd place with 21%.
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CuriosityCat: NDP leadership vote should be on May 15, 2012 OR voting should be asymmetrical
If it is any earlier, it will be very unfair to Quebec, the home of a whopping 59 of the 103 NDP MPs.Any earlier election might well be viewed by the Quebec NDP MPs and party members as an attempt by the NDP in the Rest of Canada to limit the influence…
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: Deep thought
Somehow, I’m sure this proves that the NDP can’t hope to hold its public support now that Jack Layton isn’t around to lead it into the next election.
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 readingRedBedHead: Did Layton Shift NDP To The Right?
I have a lot of time for Thomas Walkom – ever since way back in the 90s, when the Days of Action movement was heading into full swing and Walkom took to quoting the German revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg. Most of the time and on most issues I f…
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 readingPample the Moose: Ontario Election: NDP gives up on Guelph, saves me a decision
I try so darned hard to support the NDP. I am sympathetic to their message of social justice, of social welfare programs, of equitable treatment for Canadians. I have had great respect for many of the party’s leaders past and present. If only I coul…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: A more local look at successors to Jack Layton
Plenty of speculation so far about potential successors to Jack Layton as federal NDP leader, but I haven’t seen much about potential NDP candidates to follow Jack in Toronto-Danforth, so I’ll take a look at some potential NDP candidates for a by-elect…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: NDP vs Liberal Leadership Election Procedures
We are at a unique position not seen in a long time when both the NDP and the Liberals are set to elect new leadership and are currently led by interim leaders. Following Jack Layton’s death, the NDP will hold its leadership vote in January of 2012 and…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Facts not in evidence
I suppose it shouldn’t come as much surprise that some Libs are now suggesting they’d prefer torching every existing progressive political structure in Canada to working with the NDP in its current form. But let’s ask whether there’s any truth to the p…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Bob Rae and the Iffy Question of Merger with the NDP
Summer nonsense spilled over into the press conference held today with Bob Rae. One of the questions dealt with a possible merger between the Liberal and NDP parties. Rae was forthright, and quoted FDR in his answer.Like Roosevelt, Rae said he saw the …
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