alklay
Senior Member
Plenty of weeks on that lawn...and I do not mean just the dandelions.
Plenty of weeks on that lawn...and I do not mean just the dandelions.
His team have found out blaming bike lanes and underfunded police for everyone of the cities struggles is not a debate winning strategySaunders has already said he will not be partipating in tonight's first debate.
But notice how Chow hasn't said a thing yet. She's hoping to slide in riding on her name recognition and the competition's paralysis of choice.Chow has been ahead for a while; I would certainly understand why left-leaning voters would switch to her when faced with the prospect of Saunders being elected.
I don't see Ana Bailao backing Olivia Chow at all. Seems Josh Matlow isn't going anywhere.It really is becoming a Chow - Saunders matchup. I see Matlow and Bailão backing out and endorsing Chow (can’t conceivably see either endorsing Saunders. I could be quite incorrect there, though). Saunders will get suburban support for sure.
Most impressed with the variety of candidates, though. I call it a good thing (except that we need ranked ballots in this situation!).
Strong powers have lured many to the race.
Yep. She is barely visible with the hope that her name will carry her over the winning line. It looks like she is on her way to a victory at the moment, however, that's what everyone thought once the 2014 mayor race started to really heat up. We all know what happened. I'm curious to see how she does in the debates.But notice how Chow hasn't said a thing yet. She's hoping to slide in riding on her name recognition and the competition's paralysis of choice.
IDK, if I'm a woman candidate do I want an endorsement from a former mayor who shagged his young employee(s?) and allegedly used his corporate connections at MLSE to keep her quiet and out of sight, before ultimately resigning in shame over the matter? It would be like a candidate for NY governor seeking Andrew Cuomo's endorsement. No thanks.I'm waiting to hear if John Tory is actually going to endorse a candidate (likely Ana Bailao) in the next few weeks. It really could be a game changer.
Yet polls showed voters would have likely put John Tory back into office if he had run in this race. That tells me there are enough Torontonians would be open to him returning to the position of mayor regardless of the affair he had. Point being is that if that is the case, a popular former mayor like Tory backing another mayoral candidate could help in stopping Olivia Chow from winning. This happened to Bonnie Crombie in 2014 when Hazel McCallion backed her just before the election happened - Crombie went from likely coming in second place to winning in a landslide. If John Tory endorses someone, like Ana Bailao, I don't think that would lead to a landslide win. More likely it could help lock up a win over Chow, who is still running a campaign that screams her name is only thing you really need to elect her.IDK, if I'm a woman candidate do I want an endorsement from a former mayor who shagged his young employee(s?) and allegedly used his corporate connections at MLSE to keep her quiet and out of sight, before ultimately resigning in shame over the matter? It would be like a candidate for NY governor seeking Andrew Cuomo's endorsement. No thanks.
IDK, if I'm a woman candidate do I want an endorsement from a former mayor who shagged his young employee(s?) and allegedly used his corporate connections at MLSE to keep her quiet and out of sight, before ultimately resigning in shame over the matter? It would be like a candidate for NY governor seeking Andrew Cuomo's endorsement. No thanks.