Sunday, February 1, 2009

My Money Is On .... "Pottie"..... stay tuned...

I was reading this article with interest as local "Charlottetown Tories" at the Farmers Market yesterday were all talking about how big the crowds were going to be so I was expecting "thousands" and not a peep from the reporter on the numbers although if you look at the attached picture there didn't seem to be any "youth".... mostly the same old crowd in the pics and quoted in the report.... no new blood.... I'm with Currie on the timing... the sooner the better and I noticed at the bottom of this report the Guardian is going to give us a list of potentials in Mondays paper (this should be riveting).... I'm going to go way out on a limb here with my predictions and throw out a dark horse... so how about that "Pottie Guy" now that he's not hanging around with Ghiz anymore... think of all the great photo ops...
Elect a new leader sooner rather than later, Tories say

BY WAYNE THIBODEAU
The Guardian
The Progressive Conservative Party should elect a permanent leader sooner rather than later, its membership said during the party’s annual meeting in Winsloe Saturday. The party has been without a permanent leader since the last election. Pat Binns, who led the party to an astounding defeat in 2007, resigned after being named Canada’s ambassador to Ireland. The party’s executive then named Olive Crane as interim leader. Mike O’Brien is no stranger to leadership campaigns. He chaired Pat Binns’s campaign in 1996, a campaign that saw Binns win the leadership on the first ballot. O’Brien would like to see the convention held earlier, rather than later, and suggested the spring of 2010. But O’Brien said a leadership campaign needs to be more than just a one-day event. He said it’s essential that districts are organized, that the leadership contenders hold a series of town halls across the Island, and that the party comes together and supports the new leader. “The last poll showed a 20 per cent differential. You have to be realistic about these things,” O’Brien told The Guardian. “You have to go about trying to close that gap. You’re not going to close that until you get a leader, and until there are some candidates representing certain ridings. That’s the purpose of getting out sometime in 2010.” David McKenna, a former Conservative MLA, cautioned members not to go too early. He said if that happens the party will spend all its money on the new leader rather than fighting the next election, or the leader will be without a salary for a year-and-a-half, which may prevent some candidates from running. The party has a total debt of $260,000 but it is confident it can be debt-free by the fall of 2010. “We usually get a bump in the polls after a leadership convention,” he said. “We want to keep that momentum going into the next election.” The party appears set on holding its leadership convention in 2010, more than likely in the spring. But the final decision will lie with a leadership committee, which is being struck immediately. Mike Currie, MLA for Georgetown-St. Peters, warned members that the next election is only 33 months away. He also suggested a leadership convention in spring of 2010. “Whoever wins has to lead this party to victory in 2011, that’s crucial.”
Want to know who could be in the running for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party? Pick up a copy of The Guardian Monday and we'll tell you who to watch for.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Naw timmy, I hear he's apolitical and doesn't live here anymore

Anonymous said...

He's yours,you made him you can keep him.

Anonymous said...

You made him, you can have him.

R