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Rob Ford's Toronto

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Videodrome said:
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Where does Doug Ford stand in the FIRST poll since joining the mayor's race? Find out on @CityNews at 11. #Topoli

Irene Gentle @IreneGentle
Does Doug Ford's mayoral entry change the race in the early go? Exclusive Toronto Star/CityTV Forum poll out at 11 #topoli #RobFord @ddale8

Wow, they already have a poll!
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Is it an actual poll or just the online poll on the citynews website?
 
Videodrome said:
I remember when Mikey Ford registered in Ward 2 and Domise said on Twitter that he wasn't surprised at all. As you indicated, he isn't dumb and expected certain things to happen.
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To everyone feeling sorry for Andray Domise: in an interview maybe a month ago, can't track it down at the moment, he flat out said that he fully anticipated the possibility of running against Rob in the end, and his campaign was preparing for it. He saw this coming, and now that it's here I'll bet a lot of heavy resources will suddenly swing his way. This could get a lot more interesting than the Ford camp probably expects.
 
LNahid2000 said:
Is it an actual poll or just the online poll on the citynews website?
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Good question. I did see some polls up on various sites about this that would be far from scientific.

SFO said:
To everyone feeling sorry for Andray Domise: in an interview maybe a month ago, can't track it down at the moment, he flat out said that he fully anticipated the possibility of running against Rob in the end, and his campaign was preparing for it. He saw this coming, and now that it's here I'll bet a lot of heavy resources will suddenly swing his way. This could get a lot more interesting than the Ford camp probably expects.
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Well said.
 
Videodrome said:
Good question. I did see some polls up on various sites about this that would be far from scientific.
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I think this is a Forum poll co-sponsored by the Star, City TV and another media outlet. (Can't recall) Forum tweeted about it this afternoon.

ETA: I just checked. The Star and CityTV commissioned the poll.
 
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If this has been planned since May, what are the odds that Donovan can ferret it out somehow?

I also wonder how Doug is tied to Brazen. Is he a target, kept out of the released ITO? Jimmi?

Like VintagePunk, I don't get why Doug is running. There is no way he can win, he has to know that. Deco is sinking, does he even want to win? I can see why Mikey was in, because if Rob won the mayoralty , he's Doug's replacement in the dynasty. But what's Doug's end game? Maybe he is just off the charts narcissisticly delusional?

This is fucked, Daddy.
 
basic said:
If this has been planned since May, what are the odds that Donovan can ferret it out somehow?

I also wonder how Doug is tied to Brazen. Is he a target, kept out of the released ITO? Jimmi?
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That's why I asked a while back if Brazen II was a sequel to a Brazen I, or whether it referred to two brazen individuals - if it had been the latter (it wasn't, it was the former), I would then have wondered if the II were Rub and Tug.
 
animatronic said:
So are we all agreed that Doug's fake candidacy is just to provide air cover for Rob to win his council seat back?
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Not at all. I think Doug really believes he can win, that anything Rob can do he must obviously be able to do better. This is a man who clearly believed through every moment of his brother's mayoralty that he would be the better mayor. Now he's got his chance.

But I suspect there's also a larger strategy at play wherein losing is no big deal: the silver lining of his failed bid for the mayoralty will be a run at the PCPO leadership. They probably imagine Doug will be able to pull a John Tory, ostensibly parlaying what the family Ford believes will be a strong showing in the mayoral race into a more worthy crown.
 
kaboi said:
Not at all. I think Doug really believes he can win, that anything Rob can do he must obviously be able to do better. This is a man who clearly believed through every moment of his brother's mayoralty that he would be the better mayor. Now he's got his chance.

But I suspect there's also a larger strategy at play wherein losing is no big deal: the silver lining of his failed bid for the mayoralty will be a run at the PCPO leadership. They probably imagine Doug will be able to pull a John Tory, ostensibly parlaying what the family Ford believes will be a strong showing in the mayoral race into a more worthy crown.
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So much for seeing him in Chicago.

Paleo_gurl said:
Kathy won't talk. She needs her trust fund.
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She already did talk to the cops though.
 
Heard on 1010 earlier (can't remember from whom, there was quite a large panel including Towey, Batra and 1010 folks) that DoFo was a backup ever since the football CoI (if Ford didn't win appeal or was unable to run) his brother would take over the mayor race. The idea of DoFo as stand in for RoFo is nowhere as new as being hatched in a hospital room a day or two ago. Even "Mayor Mel" knew about this idea. Of course we had Kouvalis spouting stuff as well as general media chatter.

Blatch sure said what she thought. I would never go as far as comparing TO with North Korea, but I guess that was hyperbole to get the point across. This family sure does feel entitled. At Doug's presser tonight the only one who seemed really upset was his Mother and some woman who was behind Doug's right shoulder who kept replacing her sunglasses.
 
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kaboi said:
Not at all. I think Doug really believes he can win, that anything Rob can do he must obviously be able to do better. This is a man who clearly believed through every moment of his brother's mayoralty that he would be the better mayor. Now he's got his chance.

But I suspect there's also a larger strategy at play wherein losing is no big deal: the silver lining of his failed bid for the mayoralty will be a run at the PCPO leadership. They probably imagine Doug will be able to pull a John Tory, ostensibly parlaying what the family Ford believes will be a strong showing in the mayoral race into a more worthy crown.
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All Tory or anyone for that matter, has to do is goad Duggie a bit. His fuse is short. We have seen his true colours repeatedly. Can you imagine him in a debate! YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! comes to mind.
 
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