#skndpldr – Yorkton Debate Notes
While I’ve tried to stay as current as possible in discussing the Saskatchewan NDP leadership debates, there have been some limitations in my ability to do so based on both…
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#skndpldr – Saskatoon Debate II Notes
The final official debate of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign took place yesterday in Saskatoon – and since it was livestreamed, I’ll offer some commentary on it for now, then link…
#skndpldr Roundup
The second-last Saskatchewan NDP leadership debate took place in Moose Jaw this past week, with the most thorough coverage coming from the Times-Herald (and Justin Crann). As usual I’ll hold…
On poll dances
Shortly after I posted yesterday’s roundup featuring some discussing of Praxis Analytics’ Saskatchewan NDP leadership polling, Jordon Cooper chimed in with the results of an internal poll distributed by Cam…
Editorial Content: Compare and Contrast
While Ryan has released his healthcare policy, and we will talk about that in another post, one of the more interesting things to come out the campaign recently has been…
#skndpldr Roundup
In the most noteworthy leadership development of the past few days, Praxis Analytics has released the first set of public poll results since last fall – with a couple of…
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings – February 12
As I mentioned in my follow-up notes from Saturday’s Saskatchewan NDP leadership debate, the candidates’ performance hasn’t done much to change my impression as to their relative position. (Which, as…
#skndpldr – Regina Debate II Notes
Since I was one of many who attended yesterday’s leadership debate in person, I won’t wait for the video to be posted before discussing it. (For some of the play-by-play,…
#skndpldr Roundup
Not surprisingly, the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaigns look to be focused entirely on their efforts to get out the vote now that the voting window has opened. And so aside…
Editorial Content: Some Loose Thoughts
As this race has gone on, I thought it would become more and more clear which candidate I would get behind. As of this posting, that still remains and elusive…
#skndpldr – The Endorsement
As I’ve mentioned before, we can expect the bulk of the votes cast in Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership election to be cast before the convention next month – and over the…
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings – February 5
Once again, there’s been relatively little to shift the respective rankings of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership candidates. So I’ll use this post to point out a few points of interest which…
Campaign Update: Erin Weir
On the Erin Weir campaign front, the campaign picked up the endorsement from two former elected officials in Saskatchewan; MLA Evan Carlson and MP Ron Fisher. For a full list…
#skndpldr – Battlefords Debate Notes
With Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership candidates figuring to be thoroughly familiar with each other and the party’s debate format, one might have expected little new to emerge from the Battlefords leadership…
#skndpldr Roundup
As expected, the last week has been a relatively quiet one in the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign – representing the break between membership recruitment and voter contact. But there have…
On disillusionment
John Warnock’s response to last week’s column (which focused on how anybody with an interest in Saskatchewan’s future direction should be interested in acting on that interest through party involvement)…
Notes on the Yorkton Debate
It would seem my own prophecy has come to fruition, as here we are about to talk about the Yorkton Debate before getting to some of the ones that have…
On voter pools
Yesterday’s announcement of the membership numbers for the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race gives us some indication as to how the rest of the campaign will play out. But let’s put…
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings – January 29
At the best of times, what’s visible and accessible to the public makes for only a relatively small part of a leadership campaign’s work. But that goes doubly over the…
#skndpldr Roundup
One of the more important dates of the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign passed yesterday, as the membership deadline will close the list of members eligible to vote for the party’s…