{"id":1039,"date":"2006-08-07T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-07T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2006-08-07T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-07T17:47:00","slug":"long-weekend-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"Long Weekend Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few thoughts, some of them from old news, on this holiday Monday:<\/p>\n

1. The Tories will only let candidates who have lost in the past two elections <\/a>run for them if they defend themselves to the party. It’s a good thing they didn’t have this rule back when John Diefenbaker was getting started.<\/p>\n

2. The Liberals are within one point of the Tories<\/a>! Err…within twelve points of the Tories<\/a>!<\/p>\n

3. Riley Hennessey <\/a>has a good post up about the prospect of a fall election <\/a>in New Brunswick. I haven’t heard much out of New Brunswick lately but I take this to mean that Lord’s popularity has been resurrected in recent months.<\/p>\n

4. Voting in the first round closes tomorrow at noon in the Greatest PM…We Never Had <\/a>contest.<\/p>\n

The U of O Liberals <\/a>and (shockingly) Manley for PM<\/a>, are trying to drum up support for the former Deputy PM; I profile his first round battle with Ed Broadbent here<\/a> (at last check, Broadbent leads by 2 votes). Daveberta weighs in with his endorsements here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ballot is below, and I’ve included the bracket as well for those who were asking about seeding:<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Greatest Prime Minister We Never Had – Round 2<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchup 1<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Stanfield<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D’Arcy McGee<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchup 2<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deb Grey<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preston Manning<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchup 3<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ed Broadbent<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Manley<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchup 4<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Etienne Cartier<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Davis<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchup 5<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louise Arbour<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tommy Douglas<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchup 6<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank McKenna<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lloyd Axworthy<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchup 7<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen Lewis<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roy Romanow<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchup 8<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Crosbie<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Lougheed<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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A few thoughts, some of them from old news, on this holiday Monday: 1. The Tories will only let candidates who have lost in the past two elections run for them if they defend themselves to the party. It’s a good thing they didn’t have this rule back when John Diefenbaker was getting started. 2. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}