With the Liberal convention under two weeks away, I thought it might be fun to take a stroll down memory lane…<\/p>\n
July 2005<\/strong>: Calgary Grit projects a race <\/a>anyone of four people could win…those four people being Manley, McKenna, Brison, and Cauchon. Also declares that Michael Ignatieff’s experience in Cabinet will make it or break it for him…<\/p>\n January 2006<\/strong>: Andrew Coyne polls his readers. 47% think Frank McKenna will win<\/a>, 59% of Tories want Belinda Stronach to win<\/a>, and the field is split on who the Liberals should <\/em>elect<\/a>.<\/p>\n January 2006<\/strong>: Vijay Sappani projects the convention right down to the final ballot<\/a>. Volpe, Cauchon, McKenna, and Ignatieff are the final four standing.<\/p>\n January 2006<\/strong>: The Draft Paul Hellyer Campaign <\/a>gathers steam and momentum<\/a>.<\/p>\n January 2006: <\/strong>Jason Cherniak declares that Stephane Dion isn’t emotive <\/a>enough to become leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n January 2006<\/strong>: Paul Wells has shocking news on who isn’t <\/em>running<\/a>.<\/p>\n February 2006: <\/strong>Paul Wells inadvertently kills the Draft Dion blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n February 2006: <\/strong>It’s widely reported that Gerard Kennedy will not run <\/a>for Liberal leadership.<\/p>\n February 2006<\/strong>: SES declares Ken Dryden <\/a>is the candidate Ontarians most want to win.<\/p>\n February 2006<\/strong>: Calgary Grit takes a look at some other <\/em>long-shot candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n April 2006:<\/strong> Clifford Blais, Ruby Dhalla, and Paul Zed <\/a>are among the “declared candidates” to speak at the LPCA leadership forum in Edmonton.<\/p>\n April 2006: <\/strong>The Globe & Mail lists Scott Brison and Ken Dryden <\/a>as being in the “top tier” of six Liberal candidates capable of winning.<\/p>\n July 2006: <\/strong>The Volpe campaign claims to have signed up more Liberals <\/a>than anyone else and the Globe reports that Volpe leads in Quebec. Jimmy K<\/a> claims 35,000 to 37,000 new sign ups which puts Volpe “pretty well in the lead”.<\/p>\n September 2006<\/strong>: A Frodo poll <\/a>shows that the overwhelming choice of Canadians is…Ken Dryden.<\/p>\n