Mulclair comes in at the low end of predictipns;Topp exceeds expectations. Dewar drops out. Nash disappoints. Will she drop out? This may go a little longer than some folks thought. Also turnout about half expected.
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: NDP Convention: Day 2
Others have given a better sum up of yesterday’s events than I could, so I won’t bother. Beyond some erratic speechifying, the Dippers pulled off a pretty solid day 1. However, while nothing is certain, there seems to be a distinct worry among NDP insiders that this thing could all
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Peggy Nash Survives Major Teleprmpter Malfunction
Suddenly, the text started zipping up the screen then it stopped, wound back, and then started zipping by again. Peggy stumbled a bit, improvised re her collective bargaining victories, and the wind-up music kicked. Peggy was ill-served on this one. And the two municipal pols she brought in flubbed their
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Paul Dewar Is Apparently Going To Rap His Convention Speech
And he is not even slightly funky. Cullen was quite eloquent re Northern Gateway. Horwath got in a good line about Bob Rae knowing how to do what’s right by Bob Rae. That got a roar out of some of the Libloggers present. Dewar’s skillz, however, are truely inadequate. Update:
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: You Know The NDP Is In Town
..the TTC operators are extra surly. On my way to the convention center, a senior got on the bus in front of me with a couple of obsolete tokens. He told the driver that was all he had, and several other people on board offered to cover. Naturally, a standoff
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