In our poll prepared on Monday, Ralph Goodale came out victorious. Ralph gained 20% of the vote, or 19 votes, edging out Ken Dryden, who garnered 14% or 14 votes. Total votes cast was 97.
Notable in the poll was Bob Rae finishing dead last with only 3 votes. Both women in the poll received 8 votes apiece. Michael Ignatieff was tied for 3rd with John McCallum with 13 votes apiece.
In our Wednesday Poll "Who Will Win the Liberal Leadership", anybody but Ignatieff or Rae is currently leading with 42% of the popular vote. The poll is still open.
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I live in Regina, not Ralph's riding, but I know him. He is a wonderful man and a great MP. Even though I am a New Democrat, I am glad that Goodale is in the HoC. I am proud to be from the same community as he is.
Liberals could do a hell of a lot worse than having Ralph Goodale as your leader.
Agreed. It'd be nice to have more seats in your fine province though. Liberal ones, that is.
If Goodale were your leader (and not just deputy leader) you would be back in the running in the west. We all know that his french is a problem ... although I am told privately that he spent all of July in northern Quebec in french immersion. So ... he is working on it!
I tried to draft him last time.
He hasn't done enough to change our fortunes out west and isn't inclusive enough for the big tent party.
You'd think that after 15 years French would be a priority for the man.
I think it's an example of the old saying about ... 'old dogs / new tricks' ...
Oh, here we go again....trying to divide the party and its supporters. Way to go.
...sigh....
Ralph Goodale`s strength is his experience as finance minister. I still believe that the best thing the party and Dion could have done was make McCallum interim leader and Goodale deputy leader (McCallum interim leader because his french is much stronger). Having the economist and the former finance minister, both very articulate and strong performers in parliament, as the public face of the party would have been a good step in rebuilding the credibility of the party (particularly amongst centrist and soft centre-right voters).
Ah well, c'est la vie.
Dear Sandi,
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but this party has been divided since 2003 and it has yet to be fixed. Nice guys like my buddy Stephane don't stand a cance when they have warring factions on both sides of them.
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