XPost: bc.politics, vic.general, van.general   
   From: gershwin@piano.ca   
      
   The polls are hugely against her staying on as NDP leader going into the next   
   provincial   
   election.  About 84% of the people polled have consistently said she must step   
   down.  Those   
   are HUGE numbers and she cannot go on ignoring the voters, no matter how many   
   supporters she   
   has within her own Party.   
      
   She simply hasn't got what it takes to meet the lies and games and lack of   
   transparency that   
   the BC 'Liberals' are capable of.  And it has nothing to do with her being a   
   female party   
   leader.  Put Joy MacPhail back into the Party's lead and you'd see the NDP   
   elected next time   
   around.   
      
   If BCers want a fresher face, they shouldn't forget Gregor Robertson, current   
   Vancouver   
   mayor.  His priorities are in the right place and he's much more 'middle-left'   
   than many   
   other leaders in the province.  He'd be able to take on any of the lame   
   turkeys who've   
   stepped forward to take a run at the BC 'Liberal' leadership so far.   
      
   Jenny Kwan is right about Carole James needing to step down.  However, I don't   
   think Jenny   
   Kwan is right for the leadership, either.  I think of the two female members   
   who held down   
   the fort on behalf of the NDP from 2001 to 2005, Joy MacPhail was clearly the   
   more eloquent   
   and the fastest on her feet.  The rebound for the NDP in the 2005 election was   
   due to the   
   efforts of these two women - and the failures and games of the BC 'Liberals'   
   with a nearly   
   full House of members with almost no Opposition.   
      
   Gregor Robertson needs to hear from voter British Columbians if he's to be   
   swayed into   
   entering Provincial politics as the leader of the NDP.  Certainly, he'd   
   already be known to   
   the majority of British Columbians and his record as Mayor of our largest city   
   speaks for   
   itself.  If you're inclined to write him a note of encouragement, his email   
   address is:   
      
                                               gregor.robertson@vancouver.ca   
      
   And send a copy of the email to Bruce Ralston, NDP critic for Finance:   
      
                                               Bruce.Ralston.MLA@leg.bc.ca   
      
   Maybe the people of this province can get things rolling,where the two main   
   political parties   
   are mired in party reviews.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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