All Entries Tagged With: "from the campaign trail"
A Campaign That Quickly Lost Its Way
The Toronto Star examines the candidacy of George Smitherman and how he went from the frontrunner to defeated candidate over the course of the 9 month campaign: “In the opening weeks of the campaign, Smitherman used a conventional front runner’s strategy: He coasted along, saying little on policy, meeting few voters, in a bid to [...]
Bitter Rivals, Bulletproof Incumbents Face The Music
The Toronto Star reports on the final weekend of campaigning, as well as a listing of some of the hotter races across the GTA: “The mayoral race, which focused on city spending and transportation, has generated headlines across the country, most focusing on colourful Councillor Rob Ford and his jump last summer to front-runner status. [...]
Toronto Mayoral Campaign Ends On A Hateful Note
The Globe and Mail reports that the final weekend of campaigning featured heavy schedules, but also some aggressive attack ads from unknown parties: The final weekend of Toronto’s too-close-to-call mayoral race veered into dirty territory with an advertisement on Tamil radio and derogatory signs that denigrated Mr. Smitherman for his sexual orientation. Mr. Ford said [...]
Ford Slow To Share Results Of Controversial Survey
The Globe and Mail checks in on the surveys the Rob Ford campaign had sent to all local candidates,which they pledged to offer to the public: “Mr. Ford was accused of trying to start an informal party back in September when he distributed a questionnaire asking council candidates where they stood on five of the [...]
How The Candidates Are Getting Supporters To Vote
The Globe and Mail looks at the activities of each of the three leading mayoral campaigns as they head into the final weekend before Monday’s vote: “Arlene and I are close friends with George and his family, and we have always supported each other in our campaigns,” said Liberal MP and foreign affairs critic Bob [...]
Nickle: Is Strategic Withdrawal A Factor In Municipal Races?
Columnist David Nickle wonders if the spate of withdrawls seen recently is a deliberate tactic: “All candidates are operating under the same principle, however – gaming the electoral system to ensure that voters wanting to vote against a particular incumbent or candidate have a single place to park their votes. Scarborough councillor Brian Ashton is [...]
Polarizing Candidates Bring Voters To The Polls
The Toronto Star reports that the number of Toronto residents taking advantage of the advance polls is up substantially from the 2006 election: “The weekend’s numbers brings advance voting turnout to 77,397. That’s an increase of 82.5 per cent over 2006, when a total of 42,413 voters came out for advance polls. Myer Siemiatycki, a [...]
Goldstein: 10 Election Lessons
Sun honcho Lorrie Goldstein offers a list of the 10 things he has learned over the course of the last nine months: 6. Women’s Post publisher Sarah Thomson steadily gained stature through the many months of her run for mayor, then lost it all in a matter of days by following around Smitherman like a [...]
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 [...]
Sun: Mayoral Race Picks Up Steam
With only two weeks left in the campaign, the Toronto Sun reports that the leading mayoral candidates are ready for the final sprint to the finish line: “Frontrunner Rob Ford said he is knocking on every door to talk to voters. “I continue to door knock, return people’s phone calls and addressing their concerns,” Ford [...]
Letter Urges Rossi To Drop Out Of Race
Prominent Canadian journalist Peter C. Newman has written a letter to mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi, urging him to block Rob Ford by dropping out of the race and backing George Smitherman: “We feel certain that you must be as appalled as we are at the prospect of Rob Ford becoming mayor and representing this great [...]
The Contenders: George Smitherman — Cake, Critics And Conquest
The National Post features a profile of mayoral candidate George Smitherman, which chronicles a day in the life of Smitherman on the campaign trail: 1:03 Mr. Smitherman is calling for an audible. That’s football speak for a change of play on the field. In this case, he is instructing his handlers to find him a [...]
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 [...]
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.” [...]
George Smitherman Promises Change With Competence
The Globe and Mail reports that mayoral candidate George Smitherman will be focusing his efforts to show voters he is the candidate that can bring change to Toronto City Hall: “It’s going to be about who’s competent to lead change. There’s an appetite for change, it’s obvious. … I think it’s going to be about [...]
