Primaries and mustaches
As promised earlier, I've written about the Liberal executive's open primary leadership election proposal. You've got to go over to Macleans.ca to read it though; I'll be occasionally writing for…
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Fatal Flaw in the Liberal Party Renewal Plan Primary Election of new Leader
The devil is in the details, and Peter Wrightwater of the blog Paper Dynamite Online has just unearthed a major defect in the Liberal Primary Election plan which could have…
We need to make a Liberal membership worth having
I’m working on a piece about the Liberal executive’s open primary proposal that will hopefully run Friday, but rather than make it even longer I’d like to tackle some of…
What I’m looking for in a Liberal Party of Canada president
A key part of the Liberal Party of Canada’s reform process will be electing the next national executive at the biennial convention in January, and I’m glad to see we…
Liberals, let’s use the Two-Tier Primary system for electing our next leader
In an earlier post I mentioned the problem of raiding or hijacking which bedevil open primaries: your opponents might vote for the weakest Liberal candidate in the hope of reducing…
Primaries are Infectious: Ask MP Sarah Wollaston of Totnes, UK
In 2009 Dr Sarah Wollaston became the first candidate for election as an MP in the UK to be selected by the Conservative Party through an open primary.Danniel Hannan says…
Just Say "No"
The Liberals seem to be scraping the barrel trying to build their membership numbers. There's a sense of desperation to it. E-mails from the national, provincial and riding offices in…
Suggestions for a new Open Primary election of the next Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Bob Rae has opened the dialogue about how we elect our party leader, with a suggestion that we consider an open primary system of electing out next leader in 2013.Bob…
Hints of the Rae Revolution in Bob’s comments
Finally, a breath of fresh air seems to be blowing through the Liberal Party. With one speech, Bob Rae has thrown down the gauntlet to our party, daring us to…
Tory donors versus Liberal donors in 2010: The 3 to 1 advantage Harper enjoys
In 2010 the Conservative Party of Stephen Harper received donations from almost three times as many individuals as the Liberal Party did.The Tories raised $17 million from just ovvr 95,000…
Which Canadian federal parties are the Rulers of Twitterdom?
The answer is found in the politwitter website. The statistics on the site are a bit out of date but do give us a snapshot of how the parties fare…
Renewal: More coalition building
Maybe it's time to do a Liberal renewal post what with all the musings about the death of the party, debates over retaining centrism or not, etc. I prefer to…
The rewards of planning an organization #nlpoli
While the Liberals in this province shuffle aimlessly toward the political gloom, their Nova Scotia brothers and sisters actually have enough cash in the bank that they can take 42.3…
The Best Case/Worst Case Scenario #nlpoli
So there you have it. The Liberal caucus, less a vacationing Jim Bennett, met last week. They decided Kevin can keep the job of Liberal Party leader and all the…
Sneak Peak at the 2012 Liberal Convention.
Liberal members can go to the convention website at http://convention.liberal.ca/ and vote on what issues they want to see presented. I got the e-mail and was one of the first…
Whither the Liberals #nlpoli
The tale is not told in the view of columnists - Stephen Maher, Chantal Hebert and Susan Delacourt - who try to link a series of different events into one…
Apparently the Liberals are dead. Who knew?
Like clockwork, there's been another rash of obituaries written proclaiming the death of the Liberal Party of Canada. And what they lack in actual data points and evidence, they attempt…
Liberals, let’s make Steve Janke eat his words
National Post's Steve Janke thinks we are doomed. He thinks we will shrivel up and die:I have to wonder, therefore, if there is a cure for what ails the Liberal…
The way not to change #nlpoli
Kevin Aylward did a yeoman service to his party by stepping in and leading it through a tough time. He didn’t add anything to the seat tally. Anyone who claims…
Ontario votes to amble into the twenty-tens
For an election that was about as little as an election can possibly be about, last nights results brought more change to Ontario than many anticipated. And despite the set…