Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – February 19, 2012
We’ll get plenty more information about where the leadership campaign stands once we see how membership sales have turned out. But there’s been enough news in the past week to…
Paul Dewar
Leadership 2012 Roundup
A quick look back at the last few days in the NDP’s leadership race… – In addition to his support from Leadnow and Avaaz, Nathan Cullen won cross-partisan support from…
Last chance to join
I’ve pretty much always voted NDP, but now I’m an official card-carrying member. I signed up last week so I can help choose the next leader of the Official Opposition…
NDP Leadership Candidate Policy Comparisons: Israel/Palestine
The Israel/Palestine issue is the foreign policy issue to which politians are most expect to have a cogent answer to. It is a necessary right of passage and, for many,…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
Apparently there have been a few developments in the NDP’s leadership race – and indeed enough that I’ll likely need to apply a bit more a filter on what I…
Second ballot without a second language
Yesterday, Paul Dewar’s NDP leadership campaign released a poll that they claim put Dewar in first place on the second ballot of the NDP leadership race. Understandably, other campaigns drew…
Who will win the race for Stornoway?
Leadership races are tricky beasts to project, due to their insular nature. There are few meaningful polls, the media is being spun in twelve directions, and the air war rarely…
Too close to call
Apparently it only took yesterday’s flurry of polls to create the easy narratives the media has been craving in the NDP leadership campaign. But there’s plenty of reason for caution…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – February 12, 2012
It’s undoubtedly been an eventful seven days in the NDP’s leadership campaign – and one of the most important weeks of the race is just around the corner as the…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
News and notes from the last few days as the deadline to sign up looms just a week away in advance of a convention that’s set to far exceed the…
Didn’t you used to be NDP Foreign Affairs critic?
We’d really like to take NDP leadership candidate Paul Dewar seriously. Really, we would. It’s hard to imagine a candidate who struggles in unscripted French being a credible face for…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
A few leadership notes covering the gap between Sunday’s informal debate and tonight’s version in Saskatoon… – Niki Ashton unveiled her justice platform, proposing a “judicare” program to ensure greater…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – February 5, 2012
Since it’s been a little while, I’ll offer another of my periodic caveats that these rankings are intended to reflect my perception as to how likely a particular candidate is…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
Thanks to an end-of-week conference it’s been a few days since I’ve done a general roundup on the NDP leadership race. And based on the pace of activity, it looks…
On uncertain measurements
Patrick has assembled an interesting response to Eric Grenier’s work in quantifying the effect of endorsements in the NDP leadership race. But while I can understand the instinct to try…
My, Ahem, OFFICIAL Official Endorsement for #NDPLDR
Well, that time has come. After watching the debates in Halifax tonight, going over the platforms and consulting various tweeps and others within the NDP I made my decision. For…
Halifax NDP Federal Leader Debate January 29th Analysis
The following is various reactions and analysis of the Halifax NDP Federal Leader debate on January 27th. Previous NDP debate commentary: Dec 4th Ottawa Debate | January 18th Toronto Debate…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – January 29, 2012
With one exception, the NDP’s Halifax leadership debate looks largely to have largely reinforced the previous positions of its leadership candidates. But there could be plenty more changes in store…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
In the lead-up to tomorrow’s official debate in Halifax, the end of this week saw plenty of developments in the NDP leadership race – including both the familiar combination of…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
Yes, Alice comes as close as one can to distilling the entire NDP leadership race into a single post. But there’s still plenty going on as the field becomes official…