Every day can bring them one step closer #nlpoli
Liberal supporters in the province elected Dwight Ball as the new party leader in voting that ended on Sunday. By the time this appears on Monday morning, you will likely…
Liberal Leadership 2013
Cathy’s Curious Campaign Kicker #nlpoli
With voting set to begin in the Liberal leadership campaign, Cathy Bennett took out newspaper ads that have stirred up a bit of controversy. On the face of it, they…
The real Liberal Renewal #nlpoli
Cathy Bennett launched a 48-day tour of the province last week as part of her bid for the Liberal leadership. The local media dutifully attended but the story didn’t make…
Politics and car mirrors #nlpoli
So not the same thing. If the party releases the numbers, we’ll know the actual number of people who have signed up to vote in the Liberal leadership once the…
Values and Ideas #nlpoli
“Don’t question my values,” Cathy Bennett warned one her fellow candidates in the Liberal leadership, “and I won’t question yours.” The other candidate in that part of the debate wasn’t…
Like we told you: no money rules for Liberal Leadership #nlpoli
SRBP told you on July 18 and this past Saturday, the Telegram had a front page story telling us that the Liberal leadership campaign has no financial rules. James McLeod’s…
Moments from the Liberal Debate #nlpoli
Here are some quick observations from the Thursday night Liberal leadership debate on VOCM: (Read more…)
Stay the Course, Choose Change, and the Liberal Alternative #nlpoli
Identifying supporters is only part of the challenge in a political campaign. That’s basically what the five candidates in the Liberal leadership contest are doing when they sign people up…
You got cash? They’ve got a party. #nlpoli
The party that brought the province its first and only election finance law in 1991 is currently in the midst of a campaign to select its own leader, but the…
Antle changes dynamics of Liberal leadership race #nlpoli
Last November, it was easy to dismiss Paul Antle as another potential Liberal leadership candidate who lots of people talked about but who sounded more like he had better things…
Paul Antle’s Opening Shot #nlpoli
Here’s the e-mail that’s making the rounds: I am running for Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. I have no confidence in the current government. We’ve come…
Great Political Quotes: Tax Shelter edition #nlpoli
“We lost, but that passion for fighting the injustice of a retroactive law change — that passion I will bring to the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, and to…
The Campaign Starts… #nlpoli
Okay anyone who believed Cathy Bennett was “thinking about it” over the weekend know that she was already getting her Liberal leadership campaign in gear. She’ll be launching later on…
The Crucible #nlpoli
If the Conservative Party in Newfoundland and Labrador threw out people who had been a Liberal or a New Democrat before, there wouldn’t be enough people left in it to…
Water and beans #nlpoli
You don’t make the kind of telephone calls Cathy Bennett has been making if you aren’t already headed toward an announcement you will go after a political party leadership. What…
Cathy Bennett to seek Liberal leadership #nlpoli
SRBP expects that Cathy Bennett, chair of the Bennett Group of companies, will announce her bid for the provincial Liberal leadership next week. More to follow… -srbp- .
Blogging the Liberal Party National Showcase (#lpcldr)
I’ll be participating in the Liberal Party Leadership National Showcase this Saturday as “accredited media”. Take that, MSM. You can follow my coverage here, on Twitter (@progright), and on Google+.…
Briefly, on "cooperation"
I’ve been firmly on the record against merger, or a non-aggression pact (deceptively called cooperation — who doesn’t like cooperation?) for at least a year or two now. I’ve outlined…
Liberal members: If you want to vote for leader, you MUST register
While I am supporting one of the leadership candidates, consider this a public service message: if you’re a Liberal Party of Canada member and you want to vote for leader,…
Deborah Coyne meets the press
It’s been a busy few days for Liberal leadership candidate Deborah Coyne, doing several media interviews around the launch of her new ebook Unscripted: A Life Devoted to Building a…