2.Stephane Dion,50, Political Science Professor, M.P 1996- former Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs 1996-2003, Minister of Environment 2004-2006

3.Michael Ignatieff,58, History Professor and Author, former Journalist M.P 2006-

4.Maurizio Bevilacqua,45, Consultant, B.A, M.P 1988-, Former Minister of State 2002-2003

5.Joe Volpe,58, Secondary School Vice Principal and Summer School Principal, former History Teacher, M.P 1988- Cabinet Minister 2003-2006

6.Scott Brison,39, Yorkton Securities V.P of Investment Banking, Commerce Degree, M.P 1997-, P.C M.P 1997-2003, Minister of Public Works 2004-2006

7.Carolyn Bennett,55, Family Physician and Professor, former Hospital Medical Staff Association President and former Medical T.V Show Host, M.P 1997- Minister of State (Public Health) 2003-2006

8.Bob Rae,58, Lawyer and firm partner and corporate director, former Chair Toronto Symphony Orchestra former Social Worker, N.D.P M.P 1978-1982, N.D.P M.P.P 1982-1996 and Premier 1990-1995,

9.Gerard Kennedy,45, Executive Director Daily Bread Food Bank, M.P.P 1996- and Provincial Education Minister 2003-2006

10.Ken Dryden,59, Lawyer, President Toronto Maple Leafs and former Montreal Canadiens Goaltender, author, M.P 2004- Minister of Social Development 2004-2006

11.Hedy Fry,64, Farmily Physician and former President B.C.M.A, M.P 1993- Former Minister of State (Mulitculturalism and Status of Women) 1996-2002

Potential Candidates
1.David Orchard
2.Celine Hervieux-Payette

Removed Paul Zed from potentials, he is backing Iggy. Removed Ruby Dhalla from potentials, her name hasn't been floated for awhile.

Removed John McCallum from potentials as well.

Looks like we're down to pretty much the full slate.

[ 05 May 2006: Message edited by: Adam T ]

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Don Newman said John McCallum is going to announce his campaign tomorrrow.

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What are the talking points on McCallum?

I mean it makes sense, all you need to do is win the leadership race and you will be PM before 2008 is out.Harper is imploding and for some damn reason the NDP is not moving anywhere in the polls again! I would like to see the libs elect a woman but I am not impressed by the selection at their disposal. Actually as far as the NDP go. I would love to see Iggy or Rae no one could help our fortunes more than them. This Iggy=Trudeau is such a load of crap. Plus iggy is so handsome? Umm really, I am straight but I still know an ugly dude when I see one.

Anyway I know I will have to be fed this nonestop for 7 more months as the media pushes anyone that is perceived as a saviour to get back at harper for being mean to them(even if they helped elect him, Be careful what you ask for...)If only they would realize that there are other choices, but that would cause ripples in the elite class, and god forbid a civil war broke out amounst their ranks. we might actually have democracy.

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The biggest problem is in all those candidates, not ONE of them has come up with even ONE new idea to re-build the party on.

Meanwhile, John McCallum, the Markham-Unionville MP who had been hinting he might join the crowded Liberal leadership race, has decided instead to back Michael Ignatieff, the Star's Les Whittington reports. Ignatieff, MP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore, is considered a frontrunner in the race.

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John McCallum, the Markham-Unionville MP who had been hinting he might join the crowded Liberal leadership race, has decided instead to back Michael Ignatieff

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Kudos to McCallum, he's supporting the torture candidate.

from the star (no link, because of this board's inability to cope with torstar URLs):

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Kennedy and his wife, Jeanette Arsenault, are now looking for a home as well as schools for their children, aged 3 and 7. They'll move as soon as they can and spend at least several months there in advance of the Dec. 2-3 leadership vote.

The Kennedy family all speak French to varying degrees. Arsenault, an early childhood education administrator, is an Acadian from Prince Edward Island and the children have been enrolled in French-immersion programs in Toronto.

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Why are they looking for schools for their children? Surely any community they move into will have schools for their children to go to, won't they?

Or, do they mean they're looking for The Right Schools?

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No doubt, but all things being equal, it's no sin to make your kids education your top priority when deciding which neighbourhood to live in.

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No doubt, but all things being equal, it's no sin to make your kids education your top priority when deciding which neighbourhood to live in.

As well, Quebec has the highest incidence of private schools in Canada.

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Gifted schools will use the parents income as the first and foremost guide to determine if a child is 'gifted', claiming that a parent's income is the number one indicator of a child's potential, regardless of whether its nature or nurture that turns out to be right.

And Im just the messenger here so.

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there is no clear frontrunner. One of the drop-outs might be tempted to reverse their decision and enter the Liberal leadership. Just perhaps we'll see a well-oiled campaign 'to coax' one of these non-runners to enter the race. Sort of a 'we need you' plead. Belinda might be tempted now that allof that support that would have went to McKenna, Manley, etc. is up for grabs.

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Yes, there is a draft McKenna movement already.

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The star is reporting that Kennedy has announced plans to move to Quebec, ASAP. I think that an astute move; I've wondered why more candidates don't do so. I substantial immersion into a French milieu could do a lot to shore up Kennedy's french.
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You think this is "astute", Simon? Mais non! It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, I was sure it was a plant from another campaign when I first read it. This isn't Kennedy taking an intensive immersion course at Laval University for a few weeks, like many candidates do: this is a candidate disrupting his family's entire life permanently for the sake of a few months of optics for his leadership campaign.

Does anybody think Kennedy will be "living" in Quebec in any meaningful sense before the leadership convention? He'll be on a plane, bus or car every single day, mostly outside the province until Convention opens on Nov 29th. And then either he wins and runs as a carpet-bagger candidate in some anglo Montreal riding; or loses and does the same? I can actually see the Conservatives winning Westmount or Mount-Royal under those circumstances.

I just don't see how Kennedy benefits from this politically; it's so totally transparent. Can you imagine if Jack and Olivia had suddenly decided to move to Regina during the NDP leadership campaign to "solidify Jack's ties to Western Canada"? It would have been a laughing stock.

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hes my hero!

ok, not really, but he is super smart and has some interesting views and he has a very different way of looking at things, which i think is a good thing for a leader. i know the liberal leadership race has just started but i am already crossing my fingers for him.

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I just don't see how Kennedy benefits from this politically; it's so totally transparent. Can you imagine if Jack and Olivia had suddenly decided to move to Regina during the NDP leadership campaign to "solidify Jack's ties to Western Canada"? It would have been a laughing stock.

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You mean like John Turner moving to (and running in) Vancouver Quadra? Yeah, wotta disaster that was!

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The star is reporting that Kennedy has announced plans to move to Quebec, ASAP. I think that an astute move; I've wondered why more candidates don't do so. I substantial immersion into a French milieu could do a lot to shore up Kennedy's french.

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Simon, I don't think it's going to help very much. This isn't a popular election, it's a delegate election... Such gestures hold a lot less sway. I mean good for him if his French improves, but that's something that will be useful later on, during an actual federal election, and not before that.

I mean what can he do in 3 or 6 months there? I mean even if it helped him get familiar with the province, it's not like even figuring out some sort of new vision for Québec in Canada is going to be made up in time for the vote in December.

I don't know. It's a very strange move. It's puzzling me to no end. Is he taking Ontario for granted? There are something like 7 other candidates in Toronto...

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Coderre to endorse Ignatieff for Liberal leader

OTTAWA (CP) — Michael Ignatieff’s campaign for Liberal leader will receive a boost today, gaining the support of Montreal MP Denis Coderre.

The former Chretien-era minister, who last week ruled out running for the top job himself, is expected to be given a prominent role on Ignatieff’s team.

Coderre, a veteran organizer with a wide network of political allies across Quebec, is a catch for Ignatieff, a rookie Toronto MP and acclaimed scholar.

Party insiders say Coderre had also been wooed by organizers for rival candidate Bob Rae.

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First Ballot (results announced 7:31 pm, November 30):

KENNEDY, Gerard 770
CORDIANO, Joseph 557
DUNCAN, Dwight 464
McGUINTY, Dalton 450
GERRETSEN, John 152
CASTRILLI, Anna-Marie 141
KELLS, Greg 24

Second Ballot (results announced 10:25 pm, November 30; Kells eliminated; Castrilli initially withdrew from the ballot but subsequently returned, causing a delay in voting):

KENNEDY, Gerard 775
CORDIANO, Joseph 570
DUNCAN, Dwight 474
McGUINTY, Dalton 440
GERRETSEN, John 124
CASTRILLI, Anna-Marie 122

Third Ballot (results announced 12:39 am, December 1; Castrilli eliminated and Gerretsen withdrew, both supported McGuinty):

KENNEDY, Gerard 803
CORDIANO, Joseph 601
McGUINTY, Dalton 601
DUNCAN, Dwight 509

Fourth Ballot (results announced 2:35 am, December 1; Duncan eliminated, supported Kennedy):

KENNEDY, Gerard 968
McGUINTY, Dalton 760
CORDIANO, Joseph 696

Fifth Ballot (results announced 4:25 am, December 1; Cordiano eliminated, supported McGuinty):

McGUINTY, Dalton 1205
KENNEDY, Gerard 1065

As far as a riding to run in I have heard 3 rumours:
1 Reg Alcock resigns his seat or choses not to run again and gives it to Kennedy. This allows him to run in a "safe" liberal seat in Manitoba. stories about Alcock his weight and his diabetes being a major health problem are nothing new.

2. Alan Tonks gives up York South Westin for Kennedy

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As far as a riding to run in I have heard 3 rumours:

1 Reg Alcock resigns his seat or choses not to run again and gives it to Kennedy. This allows him to run in a "safe" liberal seat in Manitoba. stories about Alcock his weight and his diabetes being a major health problem are nothing new.

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Alcock no longer holds his seat, because he lost in January.

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Scott you picked up on the sarcasm. I do not think their is a safe Liberal seat anywhere in the west.

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Um, no. I picked up on a factual error. If you wanted to make that point effectively, you would have used an example of someone who still held their seat (such as Raymond Simard or Anita Neville).

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My belief is that Anita is elected not because of her party but because of who she is.

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Kennedy will run in an Ontario riding building upon his "success" as a minister in Mcliars government

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Born in The Pas, Manitoba, where his father served a term as mayor and was a federal Liberal candidate in 1984 . . .

Kennedy lived in Edmonton and worked as a historical researcher and then as the first executive director of the groundbreaking Edmonton Gleaners Association/ Edmonton Food Bank, Canada's first such organization . . .

Gerard also participated in local initiatives to develop food banks in Quebec City, Halifax, Ottawa, St. John's and abroad, including Ireland, France, Poland, Israel and the Ukraine.

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He comes from a hard-working, middle-class family of Scottish and Ukrainian ancestry:

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His father, Jack, is a retired small business owner, and his mother, Caroline, is a retired elementary school teacher. His Scottish side is from the Chapeau, Quebec/Pembroke, Ontario region, and Melford/Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia region. The Ukrainian side is from the Dauphin and surrounding farming area in Manitoba.

Gerard speaks French and is married to Jeanette Arsenault, a day care professional and Acadian Francophone from Prince Edward Island. They currently reside in Toronto with their two children.

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So Dalton McGuinty was the "Stop Kennedy, Cordiano and Duncan" candidate? Fascinating.

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Fascinating numbers indeed, Wilf.

It's interesting to notice that McGuinty actually lost votes in the second round!

I also noticed that between the first round and the last round, 300 voters dropped out, including 200 voters in the last round. Now one might not assume that they would have all voted Kennedy, but that's a number of voters that greater than the difference between the winner and the loser nonetheless.

The most interesting piece of data is "Duncan eliminated, supported Kennedy". In the following round, Duncan's 509 votes (or if you want to look at his core support, his 464 votes from first round) only translated as 165 extra votes for Kennedy, a follow-up of about 32% (on 509 votes). On the other hand, 445 of Cordiano's 696 votes went to Kennedy, or 64%, and presumably, quite a lot of people either in the Kennedy camp or in the Not-Going-to McGuinty camp went to bed rather than vote in the last round.

Kennedy's support is a good example of a first-ballot leader that didn't not raise any further...

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As for Coderre going to Ignatieff, I think people should stop being surprised. You can call Ignatieff the "torture candidate" all you want, it's not sticking to him. Find something else or the NDP will lose ground to the Liberals in the next election, should he be elected leader.

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You can call Ignatieff the "torture candidate" all you want, it's not sticking to him. Find something else or the NDP will lose ground to the Liberals in the next election, should he be elected leader.

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How about the way he called the Americans "we" 43 times in an article, his support for the Iraq war, his belief America "exports" human rights to the world, the complete loathing Ukrainian Canadians have for him and his support in the New York Times for "coercive interrogation."

In the real world -- outside the Liberal leadership campaign and it robot delegates -- these charges will get play. During the 2006 election, Iggy's misteps and academic writings, especially about Ukraine, were constantly in the news. I have no doubt, if he was leader, these things would all be dredged up again and again.

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Did anyone see Duffy tonight? He mentioned that there was a feeling 'out there'that Ignatieff was doing really well and there was talk that he might take the leadership early on in the ballots. I don't know where that would have come from, I missed the beginning of the segment.

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You can call Ignatieff the "torture candidate" all you want, it's not sticking to him. Find something else or the NDP will lose ground to the Liberals in the next election, should he be elected leader.

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1. He is a stuffy patrician with a speaking style that reminds me of Thurston Howell III. he will totally flop with working class voters.

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Iggy has two other weaknesses that make him the best person the Liberals could choose for the NDP (aside from Ashley McIsaac).

1. He is a stuffy patrician with a speaking style that reminds me of Thurston Howell III. he will totally flop with working class voters.

2. He has zero political experience and thus is likely to make all kinds of mistakes as a rookie and the press will be mercilessly unforgiving.

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What really surprises me is Coderre not going to Rae's organization because Coderre was in Chrétien's camp, and that's where that camp is going. Maybe Coderre, who almost ran himself, wanted to be seen as his own man, which would be good next time there's a race. Rae and Iggy can't stick to the Liberal leadership for 10 years... They're not that type of men.

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As a partisan New Democrat I hope he wins because Jack will anihilate him. However, the thought that there's even a chnace this guy could be PM scares the crap out of me.

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Ignatieff make a tremendous mistake in JUDGMENT. He would have had us neckdeep in the quagmire.

Ignatieff is too willing to give credence to American war-noises, he could not be trusted with the machinery of Canadian government.

The man has turned me off from day one - his arrogance and poor judgement are no endorsements for someone who aims to be PM.

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His support for the Iraq invasion should disqualify him from being a Canadian Prime Minister. I mean, talk about blind!

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I've noticed that both the Cons and the NDP are ganging up on Ignatieff these days.

Feeling the future PM??

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I really don't get the Ignatieff thing. He's out of step on the issues and he looks like a mean old man:

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Ignatieff doesn't look like a mean old man.
Women find him sexy.

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I read somewhere that men -- all men -- find Condie Rice sexy. Is that true, Maxx?

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Women find him sexy.

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Yeah, I'm wondering which women Maxx is thinking about who find Iggy sexy. Not because he's older - lots of older guys are sexy - but because he's a candy ass who has spent his life in sheltered academia and yet thinks it's okay to torture people.

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In other words, he's arrogant, even when he's wrong.

1.Stephane Dion
2.Bob Rae
3.Martha Hall Findley (I prefer others to her, but she has better French skills than they do)
4.Maurizio Bevilacqua
5.Gerard Kennedy
The Globe and Mail article explains his reason for moving to Quebec
"Mr. Kennedy, who garnered the same rating (a 2 out of 4), made fewer grammatical and syntax errors, but had a "very limited" vocabulary, and spoke in a halting manner. The good news is that he has a base to build on, and vocabulary can be learned more quickly than language structure, so Prof. Knoerr judged him most likely to be able to improve."
He could be functionally bilingual by the end of the leadership race.
6.Carolyn Bennett
7.Ken Dryden

I wouldn't consider voting Liberal with the following as leader:
8.Hedy Fry
9.Scott Brison
10.Joe Volpe
11.Michael Ignatieff

Without French as a consideration
1.Stephane Dion
2.Bob Rae
3.Maurizio Bevilacqua
4.Carolyn Bennett
5.Ken Dryden
6.Martha Hall Findley
7.Gerard Kennedy

[ 14 May 2006: Message edited by: Adam T ]

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If the Liberals know what's good for them, they will pick Ashley McIsaac as their new leader!

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Yes, our favourite Liberal slapstick entertainer got dissed by the Globe and Mail's Saturday front page story claiming that he flunked the Globe's bilingualism test. Gerard's minions then go totally ballistic, and are "rewarded" by this corrected article in Monday's Globe saying that our hero passed the French test...but just barely, and crucially, the test confirmed that Kennedy would be totally ineffective in an actual French-language debate with Duceppe and the other leaders.

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Dr. Knoerr rated both men (Kennedy and Bevilacqua) as 2- on a test that requires a 2 or better to pass, but she said the scores count as level 2, and they would not fail.

"The 2 is the minimum grade to pass. It's a 50 per cent [score]," she said.

"A level 2 would be considered as bilingual, following the competencies in the evaluation grid, but a level 2 could not hold their own in a debate against a native speaker," she said. "But being able to function in a debate is a higher standard of competence than being able to hold a conversation with a native speaker."

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Mr. Kennedy made fewer errors in grammar and structure, but had a more limited vocabulary and hesitated as he spoke -- although she noted that might make him more apt to improve than others because vocabulary and expressions can usually be learned more quickly than language structure.

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http://sinestra.blogspot.com/

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Rumour is that David Orchard will endorse Dion.

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so it seems we have a former PC running for the leadership in Brison.

A former NDP Premier running for the leadership in Rae

A former PC Leadership candidate who is now a liberal supporting Dion.

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So it looks like it'll be down to Iggy and Rae, with Dion as kingmaker.

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I think he's emerging as the McGuinty of this race. He has the fewest negatives and is becoming everyone's second choice.

There are clearly people in the Liberals who loathe the idea of Rae as leader and a different group whe think Ignatieff would be a disaster. People don't feel that way about Dion - and that could make a difference.

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Or Dion as the compromise candidate who comes up the middle.

I think he's emerging as the McGuinty of this race. He has the fewest negatives and is becoming everyone's second choice.

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Toronto MP Michael Ignatieff won't commit to running in the next election if he loses his bid to become leader of the federal Liberal party.

"Depends who's leader," Ignatieff said yesterday when asked at a meeting with the Toronto Star editorial board if he would run for the party in the next election if he loses the leadership vote in early December.

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That is a REAL gaffe. Ignatieff shoudl know that you ALWAYS commit yourself to running again win or lose in the leadership - then if you lose and you break that promise - nobody cares.

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Ignatieff shoudl know that you ALWAYS commit yourself to running again win or lose in the leadership -

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That is a REAL gaffe. Ignatieff shoudl know that you ALWAYS commit yourself to running again win or lose in the leadership - then if you lose and you break that promise - nobody cares.

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Michael Kinsley once defined a gaffe as when a politician tells the truth in public.

I give Count Iggy credit for simply being honest. Although he could have gone further with forthcomingness and the honesty and the sharing. He said "it depends on who wins" but declined to dish deeper. (Background music to Iggy's deep thoughts provided by the Clash..."Should I stay or should I go? If I go there will be trouble. An' if I stay it will be double. This indecision's bugging me. If you don't want me, set me free. Exactly who I'm supposed to be?")

It could be a party game to divide the other candidates into "Iggy Stays" and "Iggy Pops" columns.

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Ignatieff clarified his intentions in an interview yesterday with The Canadian Press.

"Let's be clear. I am planning to run in the next election in Etobicoke-Lakeshore. I love being an MP and I've enjoyed it enormously and I'm looking forward to doing it again," said Ignatieff, who first won election in January.

He added that, whoever wins the leadership race, he will do whatever he can to help him or her defeat Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the next election.

Asked why he didn't say that when the Star first asked, Ignatieff said he considered hypothetical questions about his political future should he lose the leadership contest to be moot.

"I feel I have good reason to believe I'm ahead in the race and I plan to win. So the hypothetical is not going to arise."

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I frankly be surprised if Igster (or Rae for that matter) ran in the next election if he was not leader.

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A DEM will take place in all 308 local riding associations across the country. All DEMs take place across the country on the same weekend, September 29 to October 1.

At the convention, delegates, if voting on the first ballot, must vote for the candidate they supported at the DEM.

At the DEM, voting members are given a two-part ballot. The first part – the Leadership Portion – lists the names of the leadership candidates and includes an independent option. The second half – the Delegate Portion – will list the names of the delegate candidates.

Each voting member at a riding association DEM votes for one leadership candidate and up to fourteen delegates. The fourteen delegates who are elected at each riding association DEM must included two male youths, two female youths, four adult males, four adult females, and two members of the Senior Liberals Commission (one of whom shall be a man and one of whom shall be a woman).

The rules run to 41 pages:

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Step 1: Translate the votes received for each Leadership Contestant into percentages . . .

Step 2: . . get the "Raw Delegate Count" for each Leadership Contestant.

Step 3: Round the "Raw Delegate Count" for each Leadership Contestant to the nearest whole number. . .

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(b) Determining which delegate candidates are elected

Step 1: Produce a list (the "Ranked Delegate Candidate List") of all delegate candidates in rank order of votes obtained, noting beside each name (a) the Leadership Contestant for whom the delegate candidate declared support, (b) whichever apply of the demographic categories of male, female, youth and senior.

Step 2: Produce a two-part checklist. The first part will have a section for each Leadership Contestant, indicating the number of delegates allocated to that Leadership Contestant. The second part will be standardized, indicating each demographic category, and the number of delegates who must be elected in each category: two youth male, two youth female, two seniors, four male and four female.

Step 3: Starting at the top of the Ranked Delegate Candidate List, determine if that delegate candidate's Leadership Contestant is entitled to more delegates than have previously been declared elected. If not, then the delegate candidate is not elected as a delegate. If so, then check the list of demographic categories, starting with youth male and proceeding in the following order: youth female, seniors, male and female to determine a demographic category with a vacancy in which a delegate candidate has not been elected and if the delegate candidate comes within such demographic category, then the delegate candidate is elected as a delegate;

Write the name of each delegate candidate who is elected in the appropriate place on both the leadership and demographic checklists. Repeat the process for all delegate candidates, proceeding down the list in rank order. If, at any time, the candidate does not qualify to fill a remaining vacancy on both the leadership and demographic checklists, that candidate is not elected. Proceed until all possible delegate positions are filled.

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Any vacancies are then filled by appointment by the "Under-represented Leadership Contestant."

Simple, really. Open-list PR (by highest remainders) with quotas for six demographic categories.

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Liberal leadership hopeful Carolyn Bennett is dropping out of the race and throwing her support to Bob Rae.
Bennett, a Toronto MP and former cabinet minister, is to announce her decision later today in Vancouver at a news conference with Rae, former NDP premier of Ontario.

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Metaphors abound.

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oh yeah, I'm closing it for length.

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