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Lost in Space
Marc Garneau’s withdrawal from the Liberal Leadership Race will certainly be overshadowed by the other leadership race which wrapped up today. But that’s kind of appropriate, since that’s been the story of his candidacy – despite being a genuine canadian hero, he has constantly found himself overshadowed. During the height of Liberal dominance, the Natural […]
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Bart’s Books: Coyne Unscripted
Despite the ever growing sense that the LPC leadership race is all but over, as a voting member, I still intend to do my due diligence and fully research the candidates before casting my vote. And since Deborah Coyne is on the top half of my ballot at this point, I recently gave her new […]
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294,002
The Liberal leadership race is the first real test of the supporter system, and with the cut-off to sign up and vote now passed, we have our first indication of how successful the experiment has been: That’s over twice as many members as the NDP recruited last spring, and over 100,000 more than the highly […]
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One Week
I’ve been on vacation for the past week and, surprisingly, there weren’t a lot of bars in New Orleans showing the Liberal Leadership Debate over the weekend, so I’m not able to weigh in on how the candidates fared. However, that question is becoming less and less relevant, as a Justin Trudeau victory becomes more […]
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And Then There Were 8
Takach-mania is over: George Takach ends Liberal leadership campaign to support Justin Trudeau Montreal – George Takach announced today that he is ending his Liberal leadership campaign to support Justin Trudeau. Mr. Takach released the following statement: “When I launched my campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada three months ago, I […]
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Liberal Speed Dating Helps Voters Make Their Choice
While the sit-down interview format of the last “debate” served as a nice introduction, the timid questions served up by Harvey Locke didn’t give us any sense of how the candidates would perform in the heat of an election campaign. Saturday, we were treated to a series of short two-way and three-way debates, with many […]
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Star Wars
Marc Garneau fires the first photon torpedo of the leadership race: Leadership means taking a stand I believe this leadership race is the time for the party to vigorously debate the issues of importance to Liberals, to Canadians; to define where we stand as a party; and to select the person who can best lead […]
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“Under the leadership of this Prime Minister, Canada will never become a safe have for zombies”
…he may, however, appoint a few of them to the Senate.
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Brazeau Knocked Out
Soon to be former Senator Patrick Brazeau has been booted from the Tory caucus after being charged for sexual assault. Or maybe he was kicked out because he was caught making fun of Theresa Spence at a fundraiser. Or maybe it was because he listed his father’s house as his primary residence, to gain a […]
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Liberal Leadership Power Rankings
During the NDP leadership race, I got into the habit of tabulating “Power Rankings” of how the different candidates fared on fundraising, Facebook, Twitter, polls, and any other shred of quantitative data I could claw my hands onto. The exercise wasn’t intended to predict the first ballot vote, but it actually came surprisingly close to […]