It’s not that I want him as any leader. Rather just a prediction. I doubt he’d be popular as a leader in the rural parts of BC with his support of the carbon tax.

Although I do not want to see the NDP back in office, ever – they do need a credible leader to put some fear back into the Liberals so they aren’t running around doing what they please either. I think most would agree that is happening all too frequently.

To add to that, as long as polarizing individuals continue to be part of their “front bench”, as you call it, they will have trouble obtaining the few more % they need to govern again.

They need a shake up and sometime in 2011 look for the knives to start flying regardless of whether Gregor pulls a chicken out of his hat to run for leadership or not.

He is HATED by the current mix of active front bench NDP MLAs. He couldn’t muster the support necessary. Do not confuse the NDP support in Vancouver with the fractured NDP political machine tat currently exists (regardless of James)

And…Andrea for Vision Mayoral Candidate? Yeah, that’d be great if you want to see Kim Capri win that battle.

Not a hope.

+1 on that count, LP. +1

ONE of my beefs with Gregor (and there are more, but this was a big one) was the fact that he ran for a seat as an NDP candidate in an election where it was, frankly, obvious that he was going to wind up sitting in opposition at best. He then resigned that seat mid-term, triggering an election.

If he wanted to be mayor of Vancouver, he should have either:
a) waited for the civic election, or;
b) finished his first commitment to voters then run for mayor

I genuinely like most of the Vision, and on BALANCE I like Gregor…but he’s no more Vancouver’s white knight than Larry Campbell ever was.

Andrea Reimer for Mayor. That I could get on side with.

http://www.vancouversun.com/leader+Carole+James+stay/1613511/story.html

If this isn’t a big ruse to begin with, the knives will come out in 2011 allowing Gregor to finish his 1 term as mayor.

As much as I’d love to see him and the rest of VV go now, kudos to him for actually finishing an elected term in office this time around.

The NDP will never let a leader who has lost 2 elections to run for a third. Sets up well for Gregor leading the NDP in the future.

NRFM you may not be far off with the Megglomanic being our provincial finance minister off in the is distance as scary as that may sound.

Hahahahahahahaaha.

Ahahahahahahhahahaha.

hahahahahaaha.

Sorry. That just knocked me off my chair.

They need to replace Carole James first.