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NP Political Panel: Picking Over The Bones On The Campaign Trail
The National Post’s Political Panel analyzes why former candidate Rocco Rossi never gained significant ground: Goldsbie Shortly after Rocco Rossi announced his withdrawal from the mayor’s race on Wednesday night, Chris Tweeted, “No idea why he didn’t catch on.” To which my response is: Are you effing kidding me? Rossi entered the campaign as a [...]
Gurney: In Many Ways, The Best Choice Has Left The Race
Matt Gurney writes in the Nationa Post that he hopes that voters of Toronto will see former mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi again: “Now that he is gone, I hope he sticks around and continues to build on his newly established name recognition. Whoever wins the upcoming vote, Toronto is likely to find itself desperately in [...]
Star Ed: Contributing To Debate
The Toronto Star Editorial Board praises former mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi for his contribution to the electoral debate: “Rossi’s candidacy was always something of a long-shot — especially after Rob Ford entered the fray and absorbed much of his expected support. But Rossi can take pride in waging a sincere and imaginative campaign that never [...]
‘Oxygen In The Middle Sucked Out,’ Rossi says
The day after dropping out of the mayoral race, Rocco Rossi offers the Globe and Mail some insight on why he felt he needed to call it quits: “People, going door to door in the last little while, said, ‘I really like your platform and I like what people are saying about it. I wish [...]
Levy: Rocco Rossi Should Be Proud
Sue-Ann Levy looks back on the Rocco Rossi campaign, which she thought had a great message that was overshadowed by opponent Rob Ford and voter anger: “After throwing everything in the sink” and having the best two weeks in terms of positive media reaction to his fiscal plan and his platform, he realized he wasn’t [...]
Gee: Rocco Rossi: Passionate, Intelligent And Classy To The End
The Globe’s Marcus Gee looks back at the candidacy of Rocco Rossi and why he was not able to connect with voters: “Why, with so much going for him, didn’t he get anywhere? The odds against him were always high. A backroom operator who had never run for office before, he jumped into an arena [...]
Rocco Rossi Drops Out Of Toronto Mayoral Race
After receiving only 4% of support in the latest Ipsos Reid poll, mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi has officially ended his campaign: “The race for mayor has become between those who want to stop the gravy train of Rob Ford and those who want to stop Rob Ford,” he said at his campaign headquarters on Avenue [...]
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 [...]
James: What I Like About Rocco Rossi
As he has with the other main mayoral candidates, Royson James offers complimentary words for Rocco Rossi: “Of the candidates, he seems most passionate about growing the city’s economy. He’d increase investment in the arts, find a permanent solution to the school polls closing saga; clean up graffiti; and turn 16 underused public schools into [...]
Candidates Help Needy
A few of the leading mayoral candidates took a break from campaigning to help those less fortunate this Thankgiving Day long weekend: George Smitherman and Rocco Rossi spent part of their Thanksgiving Monday at the Daily Bread Food Bank warehouse stuffing boxes with diapers, snacks and food. “Toronto is a caring city, compassion is at [...]
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 [...]
Selley: Privatizing Trash Isn’t That Stinky
Former (private) garbage collector Chris Selley thinks Rocco Rossi’s pledge to contract out garbage collection is an idea who’s time has come: “I didn’t catch so much as a whiff of putrefaction at Mr. Rossi’s press conference. It was a beautiful, windy day for an important message: We need to open up waste collection, as [...]
Sun Editorial: Show Some Balls, Rocco
The Toronto Sun counsels mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi that if he is to have a chance to win on October 25, he needs to make some moves, and fast: “He seems content to be the “Mr. Nice Guy” of this race. As he puts it, the most popular second choice of Ford and Smitherman supporters. [...]
Selley: Rossi A Stronger Candidate Than Polls Indicate
The Post’s Chris Selley likes mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi’s fiscal plan, but isn’t sure that it’s going to make a difference: “Maybe Mr. Rossi is just flat-out wrong in saying the people want a political outsider in the mayor’s office. Maybe it’s the fact that Mr. Smitherman noticeably loosened up once it became clear he [...]
Gee: Rocco Rossi’s Last-Ditch Ploy: Common Sense
The Globe’s Marcus Gee notes that the fiscal plan being offered by mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi is a notable change from previous policy announcements: “It’s a new tack for Mr. Rossi, a former Liberal fundraiser and head of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Coming out of the starting gate, he seemed to be occupying the [...]
Rocco Rossi Eyes TTC, Police In Plan To Rein In Spending
The Globe and Mail Editorial Board met with mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi shortly after he released his fiscal platform, which offers his plan for reining in spending: “You have to be open to virtually every department,” Mr. Rossi told The Globe and Mail’s editorial board after unveiling his budget plan on Monday. The fourth-place mayoral [...]
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 [...]
