We now have a new liberal NDP leader and he’s wasting no time pronouncing himself his party ready to govern Canada. Fair enough and more power to Mr. Mulcair. If he can take down Harper, I’ll vote for him. But let’s not forget about Harper and his pre-emptive ways. If
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Politics and its Discontents: From The Bottom Of The Swamp: Conservative Reaction to Mulcair’s Victory
Why does the Conservative Party’s classlessness never really surprise me? On Saturday, before Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a chance to congratulate the new leader of the Official Opposition, the Conservative party had already released a statement attacking the New Democrat. “Thomas Mulcair is an opportunist whose high-tax agenda, blind
Continue readingThe wisdom of John Ibbitson: "NDP opts for a power broker over a protest leader"
Let’s face it, to the stuffed shirts at the Globe & Mail, ‘protest leaders’ = ‘hippies’ = ‘socialists’ = NDP. Glad to see Ibbitson is happy a ‘power broker’ has defeated the dirty fucking hippie element of Canada’s most progressive party. Don’t expect this bit of relief washing over Ibbitson
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: Cross-party cooperation
The leader of the NDP is a former Liberal, and the leader of the Liberals is a former New Democrat. Both leaders joined their new parties within the last six or seven years. Tom Mulcair is to the right of the NDP; Bob Rae is to the left of the
Continue readingPolygonic: A vote for reality – a congratulations to the NDP
Quel jour! Quel nuit! And, for most New Democrats, thank god it didn’t take two jours and two nuits to finally sort the question out. Indeed, poor me – UK clocks leaped ahead one hour into summer time yesterday, leaving me drowsy-eyed in front of the CBC live feed at
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Some more thoughts on Mulclair and the Convention in general
After a day and a night of digesting what I saw at the NDP Convention, some thoughts on what I saw and heard: – I’ve heard some say that Mulclair will charged as being an “opportunist” because he’s been associated with or had flirtations with other parties. As Susan Delacourt
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Mulcair’s Views Very Similar To Layton’s
Many NDP members were worried during the leadership campaign that Mulcair had some extreme views on some issues. Not so. Here is a great piece by Leftist Jab touching on a couple of these issues. Read that post for the details. Some people feared that Mulcair would break from working
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The path ahead
To start off, I’ll heartily congratulate Thomas Mulcair on his strong victory in the NDP’s leadership campaign. But it’s well worth working on what comes next from day one of Mulcair’s tenure. Last night’s inaugural interview with Peter Mansbridge already represented a great start on the party unit front –
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Muclair has A Prayer!
The NDP have officially gotten their official leader. The result was somewhat expected, but some surprises was the amazing showing that Nathan Cullen made. But now that Muclair is leader it’s time to start talking about the political map of Canada. With all new leaders it is very normal for the
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: And the Winner Is . . .
Well, I guess I won’t be turning in my laptop to make my living as a fortune teller. Contrary to my deliberately unconventional prediction, it was Thomas Mulcair who won the NDP leadership race yesterday. Congratulations, Mr. Mulcair. I wish you the best, and hope that your positive attributes (i.e.
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Thomas Mulcair: an NDP leader who passes the Ralph Klein beer test and Tory fear test
One hopes profoundly readers of this blog will indulge its author in running this photograph one more time, given the occasion. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, chosen by the party as its leader this evening, is like Ralph Klein a politician who seems to be someone an ordinary person could have
Continue readingPop The Stack: Beards Again
Last night the NDP chose a new leader Thomas Mulcair. Mulcair was the most reformist candidate that was on offer but he was also not the biggest party insider among the candidates. So in a sense he represents a tradeoff between striking out in bold new directions versus staying the course
Continue readingPop The Stack: Beards Again
Last night the NDP chose a new leader Thomas Mulcair. Mulcair was the most reformist candidate that was on offer but he was also not the biggest party insider among the candidates. So in a sense he represents a tradeoff between striking out in bold new directions versus staying the course
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Time To Rally Behind Thomas Mulcair And His Beard Of Courage
The New Democrats have a new leader. (h/t Jamie Masse) The future of social democrats has been chosen and it is a bearded one! Thomas Mulcair will lead the NDP as head of the Loyal Opposition. Despite some skepticism by New Democrats, I suspect the Outremont MP will win them
Continue readingcmkl: I admit I was not very excited
About Thomas Mulcair’s victory tonight. But then I read this.
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Thomas Mulcair Is The New NDP Leader
NDP members have elected Thomas Mulcair as the new NDP leader. It came down to a 4th ballot – between Thomas Mulcair and Brian Topp. On the 3rd ballot, Mulcair had 43.8%, Topp 31.6% and Cullen 24.6%. Throughout the convention, Mulcair steadily and strongly increased his support and endorsements. The
Continue readingLeft Over: It’s the Least Wonderful Time of the Year…
A lousy day all around…I can think of nothing I like less than the idea of Mulcair, the ex-Liberal, as the leader of the Party I would have gone out of my way to support and volunteer for, if anyone, and I mean anyone, running, would have beat him… Great..we
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: A Tale of Two NDPs
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was
Continue readingFar and Wide: Second Ballot Results: Mulcair Grows
Results from the second ballot: Mulcair: 23902(38%) Topp:15624(25%) Cullen:12595(19%) Nash:10519(16.8%) Reads of this blog will recall I thought the Martin Singh factor was something to watch on the second ballot. Indeed, that scenario looks to be critical as Mulcair comes out of the second ballot with the most growth, a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 – Third Ballot Endorsement
The second-ballot results leave little room for doubt as to the ultimate conclusion of the NDP’s leadership campaign – with the main question now being whether there will be a fourth ballot to determine the party’s leader. And after two ballots of working on shaping the issues drawn from the
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