On your marks…
The basic rules for the NDP leadership campaign are making their way around Twitter, and look to reflect much of what I'd hoped for: a membership deadline relatively close to…
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The obvious response
We'll learn soon whether the NDP's federal council will choose a pure one-member, one vote leadership process. But it's not hard to see the news that major Quebec unions aren't…
On domino effects
Olivia Chow's announcement that she doesn't intend to run for the NDP's leadership looks to bring the race into much sharper focus. With Chow deciding not to run, there's a…
Leadership 2012: Notable By Omission
After two posts outlining possible candidates for the NDP's impending leadership race, I've thus far avoided mentioning the prospective candidate who's been on the receiving end of both media adulation…
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…
Leadership 2012: The Playing Field
With the NDP set to discuss the rules for its upcoming leadership campaign. So let's take a quick look at a few of the basic issues involved, along with the…
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…
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…
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…
Messages ignored
Loving. Hopeful. Optimistic. UR doin it wrong. Though from Thomas Mulcair's standpoint, I'm not sure the anonymous back-biting can't be turned into a plus: what better way to dispel questions…
Leadership 2012: Preliminary Candidate List
Having posted about the target groups and issues for the NDP's leadership campaign, let's take the next step and put some names to the possibilities. As hinted at in my…
The issue list
Following up on my post about the groups the NDP will want its candidates to reach during the upcoming leadership campaign, I'll follow up with a brief look at some…
On entry barriers
Following up on this post drawing some first outlines of the NDP leadership race, I'll deal briefly with one of the points that has surfaced in most media coverage: namely,…
On target groups
We've already seen a couple of days of frantic media speculation as to who might succeed Jack Layton as the NDP's permanent leader, and I'll add my own list of…