One More Out, One More Closer
More news on the NDP Leadership Front:
But:
Former finance minister Andrew Thomson, who chose not to run in the 2007
provincial election to pursue a business career, said in an interview he has
decided not to throw his hat in the ring.
But a source close to Regina lawyer Yens Pedersen, who recently stepped down temporarily as party president to contemplate a run, said Pedersen is expected to formally enter the race next week
So the updated list:
Deb Higgins
Len Taylor
Yens Pedersen
** Dwain Lingenfelter
Frank Quennell
Nettie Wiebe
Pat Atkinson
Dr. Ryan Meili
5 comments:
So largely nothing has changed? When will others announce and given how late they are announcing are they serious about being leader?
There's still more time left in the leadership race than the total time of the 2001 leadership campaign. People act like 6 months is no time at all?
So potential candidates are not getting in the race because they don't want to run a full length campaign? That is a poor image to be selling to potential supporters.
That's easy to say from the outside looking in. These are real people we're talking about. Candidates have lives, jobs, families, financial concerns, pre-planning to do, etc that would effect when they decide to jump in full force publicly.
Not everyone is a rich oil executive who can leave their job for 9 months. Nor were they all eagerly waiting to run for the job months before it came open officially.
Deciding to run for the party leadership is a huge commitment. Personally I quite prefer a candidate who took some time to think about it, talk to people and, talk to others who might be running before deciding if they felt they were the best person for the job. You know maybe think about their reasons for doing it beyond themselves and their ego before diving in.
Chris, we all know there is pre-planning to do with anything in life. Usually for most people that means planning before something happens such as planning a vacation before it starts or planning a leadership race before it begins. You don't start thinking about running in the middle of a leadership race if you are serious about leading the party. This is not about ego but about the province. Either you want to be leader or you don't.
Who is too poor to run for leadership? I am pretty sure Yens has a pretty good lifestyle with his career and Deb certainly would not be forced to give up her position to run. So I am unsure who you think should be leader but is unable to committ the time needed to run a campaign.
I usually assume the individual who is eager to run in a leadership is the one who has planned things out, lined up a campaign team ahead of time, made some initial goals to see if they should run, secure endorsements and then announce. Typically, you do not wait until the middle of a campaign and announce your leadership campaign with lackluster turnout.
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