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…
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#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…
On second choices
The next week should be a relatively quiet one for the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership candidates: the membership deadline has passed, while the finalized list of members won’t necessarily be available…
#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…
#skndpldr – Weyburn Debate Notes
In principle, we might have expected the first debate after the holiday break to signal any change in direction from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership candidates. But it was instead the Weyburn…
New column day
Here, on how a close Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign makes it all the more likely that a small number of new members can make a massive difference in the race.…
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings – January 22
Not surprisingly, there’s relatively little change in this week’s rankings: there have been relatively few new developments, and the most significant ones have mostly reinforced the candidates’ current placements. 1.…
#skndpldr Roundup
This past weekend saw another Saskatchewan NDP leadership debate, this time in Weyburn. But oddly enough (particularly given the presence of some of the most active social media presences in…
#skndpldr – Rosetown Debate Notes
As Scott has already noted, the first Saskatchewan NDP leadership forum of 2013 saw plenty of familiar themes – particularly in the prepared speeches and the audience questions. But the…
#skndpldr Roundup
The most significant news from the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign this week was the release of another month’s worth of financial reports. And the December numbers look to reinforce rather…
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings Introduction
As I did in the NDP’s federal leadership campaign in 2012, I’ll start shortly with weekly rankings intended to highlight the relative positioning of the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership candidates. But…
#skndpldr Roundup
With the holiday break now over, we can likely expect a steady stream of news from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign until the March convention. So let’s take a look at…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Trent Wotherspoon
Let’s close my mid-campaign updates with a look at Trent Wotherspoon – who started the campaign trying to lock in an image to swing the race in his favour, but…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Erin Weir
As the candidate with the least name recognition in a field consisting of the 2009 Saskatchewan NDP leadership runner-up and two multi-term MLAs, Erin Weir has spent much of the…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Ryan Meili
When Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race started, one of the most important questions for all of the candidates was the level of organization Ryan Meili would bring to the campaign: whether…
On party time
Not surprisingly, I have some reservations about Kai Nagata’s view that the federal Lib leadership campaign has much to offer toward the development of progressive politics in Canada. But I’ll…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Cam Broten
We’re now approaching the home stretch of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race – with the membership deadline looming in just over two weeks, and under two months left until the vote…
#skndpldr Roundup
With the holiday break coming to an end, let’s take a quick look at what’s new in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign before taking stock as to where the candidates…
On forced growth
Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign has featured plenty of discussion as to how to define success as a party and a province. But it’s well worth contrasting the varying forms of…
#skndpldr Roundup
Not surprisingly, the last week has been fairly quiet on the Saskatchewan NDP leadership front. But I’ll offer comments on a couple of developments I hadn’t yet discussed. To start…