tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post6760415887020308083..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Campbellās departure could dash NDP dreamsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-31671687392444641222010-11-08T15:11:30.772-05:002010-11-08T15:11:30.772-05:00What about the (l)iberal side of the BC Liberals, ...<i>What about the (l)iberal side of the BC Liberals, no names there? Or have they all left the party? I know I did many years ago. </i><br /><br />The Left Liberals are all in the provincial NDP, like Ujjal Dosanjh. Of the most likely right Liberals a number are tainted by Basigate, specifically Gary Collins. Carole Taylor would be the banner carrier for that wing of the party but I doubt she's interested. I'm not sure there are many right of centre Liberals left, actually, and I mean provincially and federally. The only one that comes to mind is Kash Heed and he's so badly damaged from his pedophile-leak scandal and the Chinese pamphlet that there is just no way he can stand. After that I can't think of any names. Maybe Wally Oppal???The Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762317244980526077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-51211016788924934552010-11-08T13:54:20.046-05:002010-11-08T13:54:20.046-05:00"the NDP lead is only preferred 32 per cent t..."the NDP lead is only preferred 32 per cent to 28 per cent."<br />________________________________<br /><br />You mis-read the numbers. It's actually 34% (28% without Campbell, 6% with Campbell) who prefer a Liberal gov't over an NDP government in the ARS poll that was undertaken just prior to Campbell's resignation.<br /><br />And Surrey mayor Dianne Watts (who is one of those rare politicians) has a +30 NET positive approval rating in a poll released by Ipsos on Friday. She's wayyyyyyyyy out in front in that regard and only 15% of BC'ers have never heard of her.<br /><br />http://www.ipsos-na.com/images/news-polls/media/chart1-lg.jpg<br /><br />If Watts decides to go for it, the political landscape will change dramatically overnight - something akin to when Bennett stepped down in 1986 and was replaced by Vander Zalm. BTW, unlike Vanderzalm, Watts has savvy and brains.<br /><br />I dunno if Watts will go for it though.<br /><br />On the other side of the ledger, the knives are out for Carole James and her personal approval ratings are dismal.Jonny Questhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264073790905937134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-84092675856726276572010-11-08T13:41:07.986-05:002010-11-08T13:41:07.986-05:00This post wasn't meant to be a candidate analy...This post wasn't meant to be a candidate analysis, just a look at the polling and electoral landscape. <br /><br />But since you asked, I don't really buy James Moore as a candidate either, but there are plenty of reasons why it would make sense for him to make a move.<br /><br />* Maybe he sees no further room for growth for him in the CPC. He's not going lead that party, and I don't see Harper giving him upper-level portfolios.<br /><br />* Maybe he believes the party will lose the next federal election, and he wants to get going while the going is good.<br /><br />Moore is young, well-respected and reasonably ambitious. There are plenty of reasons for him to seek opportunities outside of Ottawa. Is this the right opportunity for him though? That I'm more skeptical of. <br /><br />Does Carole Taylor still have the political bug? She seems to young to fade away. I hear Watts is out. As for Clark, there's online buzz, that's all I know. I didn't listen to CKNW when I lived there, except for Canucks games.<br /><br />What about the (l)iberal side of the BC Liberals, no names there? Or have they all left the party? I know I did many years ago.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-20656962215926049802010-11-08T13:24:36.643-05:002010-11-08T13:24:36.643-05:00Wow, I can't believe I agree with The Rat... b...Wow, I can't believe I agree with The Rat... but he's bang on.Gene Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438068218145410142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-893701093923282452010-11-08T11:33:49.252-05:002010-11-08T11:33:49.252-05:00You have been away too long. Kevin Falcon is too ...You have been away too long. Kevin Falcon is too far right and has too limited a base to win. Carole Taylor has taken a very good job as Chancellor at SFU. Christy Clarke's afternoon radio show has shown that she is really quite a ditz. Dianne Watts, while a better potential candidate than many has little profile in the interior. James Moore would be interesting but why leave a successful federal ministry for a potentially career ending disaster leading the BC Libs? The facts here in BC are that there is no obvious leader for the BC Libs. It's so bad that there isn't even a potential leader for the BC Conservatives and the NDP is trying to whack their leader so they can have who? Leonard Krog??? God help us, we're are so screwed in BC.The Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762317244980526077noreply@blogger.com