steveintoronto
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Ontario voters are being played yet again, only this time it's the NDP that's the Establishment's favored anti-Tory trophy/bobble.
Ontario voters are being played yet again, only this time it's the NDP that's the Establishment's favored anti-Tory trophy/bobble.
And if he *does* win his own seat while losing the election, what are the odds that he'll resign quickly a la Jim Prentice and the NDP will win the ensuing byelection?
I don't buy Ford's vision for the province. We've had 4 years of Ford vision for the City. I was left disgusted. Unlike the City which is a creature of the province, Ford could do actual damage as Premier.It's not about who's the leader for me, it's about the overarching vision for the province.
But as Premier, Ford gets to choose who sits in the cabinet, and I can assure you that it won't be the Brown/Mulroney/Elliot supporters within the caucus that receives those cabinet positions.
It will be a raucous caucus. To go from a sure victory to whatever will transpire will have most spitting nails. I hope we don’t have as many pure toadies for Doug as there are Washington toadies for Trump.Actually he would have to because he had almost no support from the caucus when he ran - unless he wants to basically freeze out the existing caucus. But it's Ford's party, and these so-called nice, thoughtful, reasonable Conservatives will have to play ball. They sure jumped into line quickly after he became leader.
It all depends on th election outcome. A PC gov will fall in line. However, nobody will owe Ford anything, esp if the party squeaks through. They’ll keep it all behind closed door.It will be a raucous caucus. To go from a sure victory to whatever will transpire will have most spitting nails. I hope we don’t have as many pure toadies for Doug as there are Washington toadies for Trump.
This is the pattern of recent electoral cycles though. Conservatives poll extremely well in-between elections as they're seen as the main antithesis to out-of-control liberalism, then during campaigns the media/opponents muckrakes and the the party/leader is unable to effectively refute the "scandals" and bring the focus back to their policies. This has happened to John Tory, twice to Tim Hudak and was poised to happen again to Patrick Brown.
Pretty good. Doug would hate operating in a minority legislature or being in opposition.
It goes further than that: He's in this entirely because of Ego with a Capital "E," and fully expected to be anointed the One In Charge as his just right and due. (Of course, he's managed to climb farther than I would have originally expected, but he had to cheat to pull that off, didn't he?) Ford's simply not going to be able to handle anything short of a majority government. (Never mind the humiliating prospect of not winning his seat in Etobicoke or out-and-out losing the election to Wynne or Howarth. Or - heh, heh! - both.) Quite apart from anything else, that's going to be far too much in the way of actual work*, and we know from past performance how little interest Dofo has in that.
*Obviously, you could say the same thing if he does win a majority government, but that would at least include the compensation of being Mr. Big Shot, who gets to yell at people and order everyone around. And you know, even then I can't help wondering if Ford is delusional and sloppy and lazy and just plain arrogant enough to think he can get away with half-assing things as Premiere the way he did when he was a city councilor and "co-Mayor." I'd be willing to bet that, yes, he does indeed think exactly that.