Comments | canpolitik: Steph Dion replaced by Ujjal Dosanjh?

allhatnocattle in canpolitik

Steph Dion replaced by Ujjal Dosanjh?

Oct 14, 2008 18:55

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bronnyelsp October 15 2008, 10:34:28 UTC

Justin Trudeau? Hm. I'm not sure how that would go. It would definitely electrify the party, which can be a good thing, but can then backfire, cf Sarah Palin. (Sorry for introducing the elephant into the discussion, but it just seemed the most useful comparison.)

They could do worse than ole Ujjal. To quote my grandmother, he's a nice man. Also a cannier politican than Dion, though.

Oh new thought bronnyelsp October 15 2008, 10:35:17 UTC

Also might go over well in B.C. and perhaps the other western provinces, where the Libs need to shore up support.

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bronnyelsp October 15 2008, 13:34:10 UTC

He wasn't the leader who killed the NDP in BC. He was the leader who took over too late to revive it. As allhatnocattle's run-down makes patently obvious, Harcourt and Clark killed the BCNDP.

kdborg October 15 2008, 12:20:22 UTC

Conservatives starting their attacks already? Geesh! Give it a rest!

allhatnocattle October 15 2008, 23:11:23 UTC

I am no Conservative.

Starting attacks already? I started years ago and have never stopped. Never.

kdborg October 15 2008, 23:43:50 UTC

Harper couldn't get a majority against Dion. Stephen Harper is not a leader. Not worth the risk.

allhatnocattle October 16 2008, 00:23:58 UTC

lol

sensorglitch October 15 2008, 13:39:20 UTC

If Bob Rae was the Leadership candidate I would go against all I have said so far and vote Conservative.

The reason why I like Ignatieff is because he is like me, believes that a strong military and economic sector is important while believing social programs.

i don't know Dossaj, most of his credentials are from B.C and he is a relative unknown here in Ontario

bronnyelsp October 15 2008, 14:21:23 UTC

I don't know much about Bob Rae except that Ontarians seem to hate him.

Before someone is a candidate on the national level, they're not known nationally. That's kind of how it works. Given how big the country is, you can't set "people in Ontario know who this person is" as a requirement for a candidate for party leadership.

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bronnyelsp October 15 2008, 15:22:17 UTC

Interesting. A possibility, for sure.

allhatnocattle October 15 2008, 23:16:15 UTC

Lots of Canadians like a good ale.

Interesting choice. Certainly seasoned with experience. That might bring baggage though.