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Who's the moderator? He's a bit of an idiot. Why is he interrupting them with meaningless interventions? (I'm talking about the NDP Leader debate, not babble).
If you win four in a row, isn't that back-to-back-to-back? Paul Dewar keeps adding an extra back (back-to-back-to-back-to-back). Geez that guy likes to hear himself talk. What a tool.
Cullen slammed Topp about negative campaigning, what Cullen called Topp's "wedge politics," in the NDP race. Topp struggled to find a soundbite answer.
Cullen is having a good debate.
Lol. Cullen is winning in a 3-person pile on. Dewar & co. should cut it short, they are making Cullen look good!
I agree that Cullen's having a good debate but I wouldn't call any of that stuff wedge politics.
This is a much better debate. A lot of good-natured (and worthwhile) clashes.
Yes!
Peggy is floundering...having trouble directly addressing policy questions. Bobbing and weaving.
answer the question peggy!
Most of the candidates have landed some good punches. Mulcair for instance, had trouble convincingly answering Cullen's questions about his absence at certain debates.
Topp just landed a great critique Singh. All very politely. Much better debate.
I think Topp handled Singh's questions about capital gains imposition very well.
This is the first debate I've watched where people have managed to land some punches on Tom. Not bad. He is clearly facing the frontrunner scrutiny now.
When does old goat's dog get his 15 seconds?
The dog was spinning?
I miss all the best stuff.
Blatant species-ism
I have to agree with Mulcair that we need to move beyond slogans. I've always hated the overuse of "ordinary Canadians" and "working families".
Much better debate.
I am loving that they're landing punches on each other but still being respectful.
Good answer by Mulcair on the registry. (Up there with Topp's on capital gains as far as direct, principled answers go.) Nash has been one of the least effective in that regard.
Peggy Nash is all over the map on her messaging re:tax policies.
The NDP.ca online feed just went down I think. They are on the CPAC feed. The NDP one was better.
I think Tom made a great point and Niki Ashton's "new politics" rhetoric seems to be a doctrinaire insistence on endlessly repeating and recycling the old slogans from the past.