Executive decision versus "open" Liberal Party vote...

[LesterDC]

Alright, I like Iggy. However, I was also quite disappointed about how the Liberal Party decided to keep the decision exclusively within the caucus instead of making the decision a more open Liberal Party vote.

So you tell me, why shouldn't we have it Rae's way?

[M.Dancer]

Alright, I like Iggy. However, I was also quite disappointed about how the Liberal Party decided to keep the decision exclusively within the caucus instead of making the decision a more open Liberal Party vote.

So you tell me, why shouldn't we have it Rae's way?

Sauce for the Goose...Rae was fine with foisting a coalition ion Canada nstead of making the decision one for a vote....

[BC_chick]

If new players were on the scene, I'd have to agree that it's pretty shady to not have an 'open' Liberal Party vote.... but seeing how it's the same two contenders, I don't see the point. We already know who the Liberal Party chose between Iggy and Rae.

[DrGreenthumb]

I don't really care about their method for choosing a new leader, but I would definitely have preferred Rae. I might have even voted Liberal. I think after the next election the NDP and the Liberals will have enough seats to form a majority coalition without the help of the Bloc. I actually don't mind the bloc being part of a coalition anyway, it just means that even more Canadians will be represented in our government. Showing quebecers that their opinions matter to Canada will help foster national unity in the long run. Quebec will see that the rest of the country values their input, and that only the western redneck Conservatives hate the quebecois. It is Harper who is to blame for seperatist sentiments flaring up in quebec for the horrible way he has slandered quebecors and the bloc MP's they voted for. You have to aknowledge that many bloc voters voted bloc not for seperation but to stop Harper from acting against quebec values. I doubt the conservatives will get even one seat in quebec after the way Harper and the conservatives have been badmouthing them in paliamenty and in the press. The bloc campaigned not on seperation but on stopping Harper and they have admirably done what they campaigned to do.

[Keepitsimple]

Alright, I like Iggy. However, I was also quite disappointed about how the Liberal Party decided to keep the decision exclusively within the caucus instead of making the decision a more open Liberal Party vote.

So you tell me, why shouldn't we have it Rae's way?

Since you've said you like Iggy.....I'd be curious to know WHY you like him.....other than he's not Dion or Harper. He seems to be an OK guy.....I don't dislike him - I just don't really know anything about him and he hasn't yet been under fire.

[ToadBrother]

Since you've said you like Iggy.....I'd be curious to know WHY you like him.....other than he's not Dion or Harper. He seems to be an OK guy.....I don't dislike him - I just don't really know anything about him and he hasn't yet been under fire.

And that's probably why the Liberals, whether directly or through this rather awkward accelerated process, would have selected him. He's a bit of a mystery, an outsider, someone who can be molded into whatever the Liberals need. Rae had way too much baggage, particularly in Ontario. They should have gone with Ignatieff last time. Why they ever chose Stephan Dion, when they knew they were going up against Stephen Harper, will forever remain a mystery to me. If he was just a caretaker leader until Ignatieff or Rae was ready, then WTF did they give him as much rope as they did in the last election, and then, to top it all off, let him drive the Liberal bus into this coalition house of cards.

[TCCK]

If Iggy steps up to the bed and hops in with the NDP and BQ I hope the rest of Canada sees it for what it is: a sell out of party beliefs just to have a shot at being PM for a period of time but not for the good of the democratic system or the people of Canada.

Politcial Party whoring for a chance to claim the PM hat.

[LesterDC]

Since you've said you like Iggy.....I'd be curious to know WHY you like him.....other than he's not Dion or Harper. He seems to be an OK guy.....I don't dislike him - I just don't really know anything about him and he hasn't yet been under fire.

Well , I like Iggy because he seems pretty level headed compared to Rae. Rae comes off to me as somewhat too partisan, he would never get a long with the conservatives. He's also a pretty intellectual guy, the only thing that people are really saying about him is that hes been in the States for too long..

[LesterDC]

If Iggy steps up to the bed and hops in with the NDP and BQ I hope the rest of Canada sees it for what it is: a sell out of party beliefs just to have a shot at being PM for a period of time but not for the good of the democratic system or the people of Canada.

Politcial Party whoring for a chance to claim the PM hat.

Who knows? Maybe Iggy's liberals will vote on the budget and work with the conservatives..

[LesterDC]

Well , I like Iggy because he seems pretty level headed compared to Rae. Rae comes off to me as somewhat too partisan, he would never get a long with the conservatives. He's also a pretty intellectual guy, the only thing that people are really saying about him is that hes been in the States for too long..

Oh yeah, and Rae's days with the NDP weren't exactly the best..

[Moonbox]

Well , I like Iggy because he seems pretty level headed compared to Rae. Rae comes off to me as somewhat too partisan, he would never get a long with the conservatives. He's also a pretty intellectual guy, the only thing that people are really saying about him is that hes been in the States for too long..

Rae is an absolutely toxic option for the LPC. What a wise choice that would have been to nominate a leader who would be unelectable in the primary Liberal stronghold....