NDP hoffnungsvoll Rob Ashton möchte der Typ sein, den Sie ein Bier bekommen würden – oder eine Tasse Tee – mit
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ndp-hopeful-rob-ashton-wants-to-be-the-guy-youd-get-a-beer-or-a-cup-of-tea-with
NDP hoffnungsvoll Rob Ashton möchte der Typ sein, den Sie ein Bier bekommen würden – oder eine Tasse Tee – mit
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ndp-hopeful-rob-ashton-wants-to-be-the-guy-youd-get-a-beer-or-a-cup-of-tea-with
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Well I personally resonate with the tea drinking, and I love his „eat the rich“ stance, but seriously…
>“(Conservatives) rule on fear, and they rule on the unknown … They say, because that person doesn’t look like you, they’re stealing your jobs, and I’m going to make it better when I get elected. But when you actually look at what happens when they get into power, they don’t make anything better,” said Ashton.
>“Division is the weapon of the boss, and any division always creates chaos and havoc within the working class,” he added.
This guy might actually be what the moment requires. A little confused why Postmedia is going so easy on him, but that probably won’t last.
By Monday we’re going to have a statement from Leah Gazan saying „getting a beer“ is a Christian nationalist dogwhistle.
McPherson is probably the unity/big-tent candidate that can attract the most people & work the best with the Liberals in a minority situation while Ashton & Lewis are campaigning towards different populist camps (eat the rich, wealth tax, rent control green new deal etc.) who will probably be more polarizing and push for more ideological purity within the party (especially Ashton). Though I think regardless of who they pick, it’s more about damage control now and spending the next couple elections slowly building things up again than it is about winning or having policy influence etc.
This will also be another opportunity for the party to decide whether it wants to grow it’s tent similar to it’s West Coast Counterparts & the federal party under Layton/Mulcair or stick with pandering to it’s bread and butter base. Which path they chose will largely depend on what the party’s asperations are after rebuilding and how capable the leadership is in regards to playing their hand.
The thing the party needs to decide on is an actual direction. This isn’t the 80s anymore. Social issues are more hardline, and being an actual working class party requires some compromise on how far-left the NDP has become on social issues. The NDP will not win back blue-collar support in the suburbs and rural communities without compromising on social issues. Or it can just commit to being a full on threat in urban centres, but you can’t have it both ways.
I’ve been a Conservative for a long time, but I’m more than willing to hear him out. We live in topsy-turvy times.
I like the guy. Watching the interview he did with Cochrane and he was very – human. Cochrane didn’t seem to know what to do with him at first. He’s very plain spoken and doesn’t have any of the bombast of a politician.
He had a lot of confidence in that interview. “When I’m elected.” I wonder if that’s to project himself as an actual option or if he has a plan to win.
I like him, I hope Canadians feel the need for a plain spoken person as well.
It’s quite difficult to come from outside and win a leadership race, so he’s definitely got an uphill race. We’ll see what happens, but unless he’s able to get some big endorsements, he won’t have the infrastructure necessary to win.