She's not my first choice and I doubt her appeal to voters. That said, I'd support her as leader. You didn't launch a personal attack on Mulcair... just a distorted one.
How is citing Mulcair's stance, views and quotes on NAFTA presenting a "distorted" one?
It's unfair to claim that Mulcair said he supports NAFTA when what he actually said was that there are areas such as environmental protections, that he personally worked on as a provincial public servant, that we don't want to risk losing, but that successive Liberal and Conservative governments have allowed elements like Chapter 11 to be abused to the point that we're being treated like chumps and we need to put an end to it.
Saying that qualifies as supporting NAFTA is like claiming that Jack Layton's line--that we can't pull out of NAFTA now that we're in, but that there are parts we can renegotiate--qualifies as "supporting NAFTA".
I like Peggy Nash. She's pretty high on my ballot. But you keep referring to articles, statements and experience of her's that's not just typical, but stereotypical safe, friendly territory for the NDP as if that's the ultimate qualification be become leader. Any variation--even in communication or emphasis--seems to be a negative for you.
Jack Layton obviously knew that if the NDP was going to form government, then we had to venture outside our comfort zone. That didn't mean changing what we believed in. It meant looking like a party that could run a government and speaking to people in terms they connect with rather than terms we connect with. Mulcair has been doing the same thing, but he also has an unquestionably clear record as a progressive and he ran for our party at a time when he had no incentive to do so unless he truly believed in the party's values. Trying to torque everything the guy says to paint him as something he's not is beneath the level of debate we should aim for in this leadership race.
I'm pleased by the degree to which those kinds of distorted attacks against Mulcair have been rejected by both his supporters and non-supporters here on Rabble.