Rob Silver
What does Thomas Mulcair want to do with the NDP?
Watching yesterday’s debate, I said it was the most interesting question going. Rob Silver tries to parse what Mr. Mulcair had to say for himself.
Come one, come all
Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae offers a kind word for a move toward open primaries.
Enter the maverick?
Thomas Mulcair is officially in the NDP leadership race. Website here. Interview with iPolitics here. List of the 33 NDP MPs supporting him here.
Idea alert
While rejecting a Liberal-NDP merger, Rob Silver wonders if a new party might make sense.
‘Anger is another word for fear’
Brian Topp on anger and national unity
Nycole Turmel and the sovereignists
This post last updated at 5:30pm.
Idea alert
Rob Silver suggests the Liberal party pursue a pair of democratic reforms.
What just happened? (III)
Rob Silver considers.
The Layton intrigue
How many of the NDP leader’s demands does the federal budget have to meet to ensure its passage?
Our democracy runneth over (II)
Rob Silver calls for the outing of misleading sources.
What would John A. do?
Rob Silver has some questions about Maxime Bernier’s preferred reference point.
‘Rubbish’
For those of you scoring at home, last night’s report of merger talks by unspecified “insiders” is now being roundly, soundly and officially dismissed and, in the case of Rob Silver, happily mocked. Indirectly, Mark Marissen, a former Liberal campaign director, strenuously discourages the very idea.