LPoC Leadership Vote
Frankly, I was disappointed in Joyce Murray’s speech at the LPoC showcase, and I have severe doubts as to whether her plan for cooperation (A runoff??? A RUNOFF???) with the…
Liberal Leadership Race 2013
Murray, Trudeau, And Showcase Wrap-Up
My computer’s battery died before I could finish this yesterday. But onward! Joyce Murray gave a strong, substantive speech. You can watch it here. And it went over fairly well,…
Bob Rae And First Notes
So, a quick technical note: the convention centre had wifi but no power for bloggers; Hoops (the pub I went to) had power but no wifi network. This was scratched…
Travels In LiberalLand
I have been granted the honor of blogging the LPoC showcase downtown today. I take these things seriously, so I will probably try to write a quick post about each…
In Which Zach Paiken Makes Some Sense
A little bit. Obviously calling for Liberals to rally around a leader that hasn’t been elected yet is putting cart before horse. But this paragraph is OK: Liberals know full…
LPoC Registration Cracks 100,000
From an email I received yesterday evening from Matt Certosimo, the National Membership Secretary: Presumably, the deadline extension will give the party time to contact anyone who is serious about…
Garneau Out?
!!! RT @jmbryden: Garmeau withdrawing from #lpldr race, The Canadian Press has learned— Dale Smith-Journo (@journo_dale) March 13, 2013 If so, where do his people go? Anywhere but Justin?
Martha Hall Findlay Flip Flops On Northern Gateway
I haven’t heard this mentioned in any of the coverage of yesterday’s LPoC leadership debate, but on February 26th MHF was for Northern Gateway Pipeline; as of yesterday’s debate, she’s…
One Of These People Is NOT Running For LPoC Leadership
But should I be? Everyone else is, and I’m starting to feel a little weird that I’m not.
Its Only A Forum Poll
…but I like it: Forty-one per cent of poll respondents said they’d vote Liberal in this scenario, granting the party 164 of the 308 seats in the house. The Tories…
The Media Is Owed Nothing
Its worth remembering that the last “exciting” race the LPoC ran provided fodder for attack ads against both the leader who emerged that year and in ’08. Star columnist Tim…
Which LPoC Leadership Campaign Has This Guy Collecting Signatures?
Other Liberal Party members weren’t so diplomatic. Fabrice Rivault, a volunteer handling media requests for Outremont Liberal candidate Martin Cauchon, received a copy of the letter from a member of…
Yo Federal Liberal Leadership Candidates (Esp. Justin Trudeau): Bullshit Cometh Before The Fall
If you take the numbers from the last NDP leadership convention as a guide–and there is no reason not to–about 10% of the people you recruit on-line will be arsed…