All Entries Tagged With: "campaign organization"
Kinsella: How To Win Elections
In his column for the Sun, Warren Kinsella uses two campaigns – Calgary mayor-elect Naheed Nenshi and Toronto’s Rob Ford – to remind readers that “campaigns matter”: “Both men have run classic “outsider” campaigns that have left political veterans nodding their heads in approval. Their campaigns rolled out with military precision, rarely wavering from their [...]
Six Former Rossi Organizers Poised To Endorse Smitherman
The Globe and Mail is reporting that a half dozen senior members of the Rocco Rossi campaign have resigned and moved their support to opponent George Smitherman: “The six organizers are all Liberals, according to a list of names included in a draft copy of a news release obtained by The Globe. They include: Sachin [...]
Torys To Join Smitherman Campaign Team
The National Post reports that former Thomson campaign chiefs John Tory Jr and George Tory are now actively working on the George Smitherman campaign: “We’re really happy that they decided to come board. After Sarah made her decision to support George both of them were contemplating if they wanted to support anyone. They agreed with [...]
Key Rossi Staffer In Talks To Jump To Ford
The Globe and Mail is reporting that Rossi Campaign Chair John Capobianco has been in talks with the Rob Ford campaign to throw his support to Ford, something Capobianco denies: “Mr. Capobianco, who confirmed the meeting took place, dismissed as “absolute nonsense” the suggestion he sought money from the Ford campaign or spoke for anyone [...]
Sign War Begins Monday
With candidates allowed to put up campaign signs as of Monday, the Toronto Sun talks to the various camps to find out their plans to cover the city: “Smitherman spokesman Stefan Baranski said the strategy will “absolutely” mean targeting frontrunner Rob Ford’s suburban heartland, although not exclusively. “It will be absolutely suburbs, but it will [...]
Nick Kouvalis, The Man Behind The Ford Campaign
The Globe and Mail profiles Nick Kouvalis, the Windsor-area deputy campaign manager who is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Rob Ford campaign: “With a little more than three weeks to go until election day, veteran Conservative and Liberal strategists such as Warren Kinsella, Bernie Morton, Bruce Davis and John Laschinger are now [...]
Eyeing The Next Poll, Rocco Rossi’s Advisers Look For An Exit
The Toronto Star spoke with a number of advisers to mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi and some of them are looking to craft an exit strategy: “Two participants in Wednesday morning’s campaign call said it ended with Rossi saying something like: “For now, we’re seeing where things fall, if the Sarah vote is coming to me.” [...]
Be On Your Best Behaviour, Ford Campaign Team Warned
An internal memo from the Rob Ford mayoral campaign cautions staff and volunteer to be extra careful in the weeks leading up to the election: “The new findings come as the surging Ford camp braces for a backlash that “will be the dirtiest politics we have ever seen in Canada,” according to an internal memo [...]
The Renaissance Of Rocco Rossi
The Star gives us the story of the recent changes within the Rocco Rossi campaign as they gear up for the last two months: “The strategy shift had consequences. Rossi’s team was initially about 50/50 Liberals and Tories. With Aggarwal’s ousting — he remains policy chief, although insiders say his role is in name only [...]
Rossi’s Mayoral Campaign Struggling To Get Off The Boards
The Globe and Mail reports that the retooled team behind mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi is ready for the final sprint to October 25th: “It’s playoffs now. Regular season is over. We’re in it,” Mr. Morton said, stroking his new facial hair. “I have my playoff beard on and we’re going for gold.” On Monday, the [...]
Rossi Won’t Quit Despite Poor Showing In Polls
Rocco Rossi’s new campaign manager, Bernie Morton, strongly reiterates to Toronto Community News that Rossi is in it for the long haul: “Under no circumstances,” Bernie Morton said Tuesday, Aug. 24, can he or Rossi imagine a point at which Rossi would bow out, possibly throwing his support to another candidate. “If that was the [...]
Major Shake Up In Rossi Camp
With a poll putting mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi in a three-way tie for last place, his campaign has undergone a major shakeup amid speculation that campaign manager Sachin Aggarwal had a defeatist attitude: “According to two sources close to the campaign, Mr. Aggarwal was asked to step aside in part because he’d been urging the [...]
How John Tory’s Non-Presence Affects Toronto’s Mayoral Race
The Globe and Mail speaks with a number of fundraisers and politicos to get their take on what John Tory’s decision not to run for mayor will have on the race: “John Tory is a formidable fundraiser,” says John Matheson, who is working on Rocco Rossi’s campaign. “That money now, by definition, is free.” How [...]
The Mighty Engine Behind The Rob Ford Campaign
The Globe and Mail throws the spotlight on the campaign team that has come together to help elect mayoral candidate Rob Ford in October: “Mr. Ford and his volunteers are blitzing a ward or two per weekend, and reaching tens of thousands more voters as the first Canadian general election campaign to employ “tele-townhalls” – [...]
Election Loophole Lets Canadidates Use Union, Corporate Workers Off The Books
The National Post is reporting on a loophole in the municipal financial legislation that allows candidates to utilize union members and company employees without declaring them as a campaign expense: “Toronto has banned unions and corporations from contributing money, goods or services to a municipal candidate. However, “the value of services provided voluntarily by employees [...]
Sarah Thomson’s Campaign Manager Quits
Thomson campaign manager Wendy Stewart abruptly resigned from her position earlier this week, with both parties keeping mum on the cause: “The Women’s Post publisher and her team are now seeking a new manager. In the meantime, their choice of temporary spokesman is sure to set the city’s political tongues wagging: John Tory Jr. The [...]
Levy: Rossi’s Filling The Bandwagon
Sun pundit Sue-Ann Levy believes mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi is starting to benefit from taking bold positions in the mayoral contest: “Criminal lawyer Sam Goldstein, a co-founder of Sarah Thomson’s campaign for mayor, switched to the Rossi camp a little over a month ago because he thinks Rossi is candidate best able to deal with [...]
