The Liberal "Convention"
I’d largely echo what Jeff has to say about the NDP Convention as it relates to the eventual Liberal leadership. The Liberals would be wise to poach a few of…
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Challenges For Mulcair
Yesterday, I mused about Mulcair presenting a challenge to the Liberals. This assertion doesn’t equate to some belief that a Mulcair led NDP will sweep the nation and form government,…
Rae Reacts To Mulcair On Co-operation
I’m a bit surprised how little attention Bob Rae’s appearance on Question Period today is receiving. Worth a view, because if I’m reading it correctly, Rae seems to be taking…
Mulcair Presents Challenge For Liberals
When I picked the order of preferred NDP leader coming out of Toronto, Tom Mulcair was at the bottom, primarily because he brings built in advantages that other candidates simply…
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.…
NDP First Ballot Results
Pretty surprising results on the first ballot: Turnout – 50%. Mulcair 30, Topp 21.3, Cullen 16.3, Nash 12.8, Dewar 7.4, Singh 5.8, Ashton 5.7. Singh out. Dewar out. Ashton out.…
Mulcair’s Magic Number?
One number everyone will be watching, Mulcair’s first ballot percentage. Some talk about a Mulcair first ballot win here at the NDP convention, but I think that would be a…
Convention Bound
I’m heading to Toronto as an accredited blogger for the NDP Leadership Convention, which starts tomorrow. Should be a fascinating couple of days, particularly with so many scenarios in play,…
Pre-Mature Verdicts
I’ve been utterly amazed at how many supposed political “experts”, pundits, observers, have been so quick to pass judgement on the robo-call affair. There is a dismissive tone, intertwined with…
Pollsters See "Co-operation" Merits
There seems to be two parallel conversations occurring, one involving steadfast partisans, the other detached observers with expertise in gauging political realities. Whenever the idea of co-operation, merger, arrangements are…
"Jumbo" Fail
One of my favourite places on the face of this earth is “Jumbo Pass” in southeastern British Columbia. When I lived in a little town called Windermere British Columbia, my…
Handicapping NDP Race
Political predictions are problematic at the best of times, but given the complicated voting structure, this weekend’s NDP leadership convention is ripe for surprise. That said, the most likely scenario…
Agendas
There is a story within the robocall story that is perhaps equally as fascinating, primarily because the dynamics of such have ramifications well beyond this one issue. Amazed implies surprise,…
NDP Leadership Race Goes "Liberal"
It really is quite astounding, that someone with as much political experience as Ed Broadbent would so openly and fundamentally attack the candidate who is the consensus favourite to assume…
Harper Will Galvanize Opposition
The “anything can happen” camp in both opposition parties will resist any talk of co-operation, but if you live in the world of probability rather than possibility, sober conclusions must…
NDP Leadership X Factor?
As the NDP leadership approaches, I’m noting a lot of emerging digestion on the horserace, who to watch, who sits where after the first ballot, the juicy stuff that only…
Robocall Impact
I find it a bit odd, the rush to verdict on the robocall affair, particularly when it’s clearly an evolving story, that is nowhere near crescendo. How anyone can make…
Robopoll
The first robocall specific poll is out from Angus Reid and it provides little comfort for the Conservatives. The poll also reveals the opposition will find much support in pushing…
Robocall Reset
It’s important to keep some perspective here, as the Conservatives play the “contain” game with robocalls. The frame emerging seems to be that if the Conservatives can isolate electoral fraud…
"The military is to serve the Canadian public, not the Minister."
If there is one IMPORTANT story that is largely being ignored- as we sift through the robocall scandal and all its tentacles- it is the revelation that Peter MacKay employed…