Calgary Civic Election: Mayoralty Poll #4 - The Heat is On

[llama64]

Originally Posted by Ice_Weasel

I actually think Barb has a huge opportunity here....that interview was crap, and I would have to think most female viewers would actually respect the way Barb stood up to that clown and defended a personal friend of hers. Yes she was emotional, however, I am not sure that 50% of the voting public see 'emotional' as a personality flaw. If nothing else, this is the first time I can remember when Calgary municipal politics had any element of interest at all.

Imagine if it was just a race between Stewart, Hawkesworth and McIver. /snore

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Until beyond death.

I draw the line at zombie Nenshi!

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Its one thing to question policy, its another to basically call the candidate a puppet and a political neophyte. There was no substance to those questions, it was about creating a reaction. Fug I feel like I'm defending Barb Higgins, who I definitely do not support.

The questions seemed harsh but fair.

I have no idea who this guy is and what else may be at play. I've only seen his interview with Nenshi and Higgins. That said, he attacked both of their platforms fairly harshly. Nenshi is running on issues and providing details about what he plans on doing. Higgins hasn't released much for platform at all for a majority of this run and has been largely running on her personality and name recognition alone. Because of this, one interview seemed more harsh than the other.

It may seem a bit brutal but a lot of this could have been avoided by her being clear about what she was trying to achieve by running and actually standing for something.


It would be far more unfair (but less jerkish looking) to ask tough questions to one candidate because they've released very detailed policy and then turn around and lob softball questions to Barb cause she has next to no policy to grill her on.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Mango

I can't imagine how awkward that might have been for Tara to come in as that interview ended. I think you could have cut the tension with a knife.

I wanted Tara to dance off with an Ashlee Simpson esq Jig.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I'm starting to get flashbacks to Obama's campaign where it was long on scripting but upon election he was short on execution.

I can see where you are coming from...but Obama's campaign was largely based on emotions and short on tremendous detail. Nenshi couldn't be more detailed about what he will do and how he will do it. If you talk to him, he will tell you that everything won't change overnight and is very upfront about the uphill battle that he faces.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Phaneuf3

The questions seemed harsh but fair.

I have no idea who this guy is and what else may be at play. I've only seen his interview with Nenshi and Higgins. That said, he attacked both of their platforms fairly harshly. Nenshi is running on issues and providing details about what he plans on doing. Higgins hasn't released much for platform at all for a majority of this run and has been largely running on her personality and name recognition alone. Because of this, one interview seemed more harsh than the other.

It may seem a bit brutal but a lot of this could have been avoided by her being clear about what she was trying to achieve by running and actually standing for something.


It would be far more unfair (but less jerkish looking) to ask tough questions to one candidate because they've released very detailed policy and then turn around and lob softball questions to Barb cause she has next to no policy to grill her on.

Nobody is arguing that there shouldn't be tough questions asked. But to me this guy was asking hammering her on her smarts, he basically through his questions was calling her a moron.

He wasn't interested in her platform (not that she has one), nor anything, he wanted to land punches.

To me this is a group that probably had more Nenshi supporters then anything else, and it smacks of a bit of a ambush. And they got the bonanza.

To me it was a pretty unprofessional performance by the interviewer, and since this was Artsvote's events, they have to accept some responsibility for his act.

[BurningYears]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Nobody is arguing that there shouldn't be tough questions asked. But to me this guy was asking hammering her on her smarts, he basically through his questions was calling her a moron.

He wasn't interested in her platform (not that she has one), nor anything, he wanted to land punches.

To me this is a group that probably had more Nenshi supporters then anything else, and it smacks of a bit of a ambush. And they got the bonanza.

To me it was a pretty unprofessional performance by the interviewer, and since this was Artsvote's events, they have to accept some responsibility for his act.

Wasn't this interview just on BT on City TV? not at a event organized by Artsvotes?

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Nobody is arguing that there shouldn't be tough questions asked. But to me this guy was asking hammering her on her smarts, he basically through his questions was calling her a moron.

He wasn't interested in her platform (not that she has one), nor anything, he wanted to land punches.

To me this is a group that probably had more Nenshi supporters then anything else, and it smacks of a bit of a ambush. And they got the bonanza.

To me it was a pretty unprofessional performance by the interviewer, and since this was Artsvote's events, they have to accept some responsibility for his act.

No doubt there may be some slant based on the group that's apparently behind the interviews. I don't see as much of a slant as some are seeing though.

He's there to attack all the candidates' platforms and ask them tough questions about their platforms. If one candidate's platform is only their name recognition and their personality then guess what gets attacked?


In doing so he comes off as a huge a-hole - not going to argue against that - but there wasn't much to work with in that interview compared with the other candidates.

[yads]

Except it wasn't an artsvote event, it was a BT event. BT has been contacting different groups to participate in these 'segments'. Some candidates got students from Sait, others got immigrant groups. Barb got artsvote. She's a big backer of the arts so I wouldn't necessarily jump to any conclusions about her support level amongst that group.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

To me it was a pretty unprofessional performance by the interviewer, and since this was Artsvote's events, they have to accept some responsibility for his act.

It was on Breakfast Television. As I understand it, they've been interviewing one candidate per day for the last couple of weeks: First is a fluff segment with the female host (sorry, don't know her name, I don't watch morning tv, or CityTV, so I'm only going on what's posted on their website); then it's a Q&A with a local group of some sort (Nenshi faced students from the U of C); then finally is the "Hot Seat" segment with the Crotchety Old Man.

[Cscutch]

I was at the ArtsVote Mayor forum earlier in the year and Nenshi had the most support but there was still alot of support from the crowd for Barb as she does have an arts background... This would hurt that relationship and a they are a very vocal group of people.

Chris

[Bigtime]

The "Big News" is dead

DJ Kelly:


"Big news" is dead. We were *that* close to having a 3 person televised debate. I did my best. (top 3 candidates & 3 tv stations)

[llama64]

Originally Posted by yads

Except it wasn't an artsvote event, it was a BT event. BT has been contacting different groups to participate in these 'segments'. Some candidates got students from Sait, others got immigrant groups. Barb got artsvote. She's a big backer of the arts so I wouldn't necessarily jump to any conclusions about her support level amongst that group.

Twitter feed from one of the guys who was there: http://twitter.com/markchopkins

Seemed to be cheering on Barb - till she barked at them after the interview.

[burn_this_city]

I thought it was hilarious and kind of sexist he started the questions by asking if she paced around her kitchen for a month deciding.

[Bigtime]

Mike Blanchard on Calgary today just called out Barb Higgins for declining to participate in the 'Final 3' debate.

McIver and Nenshi both in, but Higgins wanted all 15 candidates or just her versus McIver.

[Ramsayfarian]

Went down to city hall today to do my civic duty and noticed some tard in the line bothering the seeing eye dog infront of him. The dog pester was none other than our friend Bob.

I had to walk by Bob to get in the voting line, so I told him it wasn't too late to join the purple revolution. He retorted with a not likely and I followed with a you're just wasting your vote.



Bob voting Barb by Ramsayfarian, on Flickr

[llama64]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Mike Blanchard on Calgary today just called out Barb Higgins for declining to participate in the 'Final 3' debate.

McIver and Nenshi both in, but Higgins wanted all 15 candidates or just her versus McIver.

Wonder why she just wanted to face off against just McIver. Doesn't make any sense to me considering the 3 way split going on in the polls.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Mike Blanchard on Calgary today just called out Barb Higgins for declining to participate in the 'Final 3' debate.

McIver and Nenshi both in, but Higgins wanted all 15 candidates or just her versus McIver.

Then they should schedule it with just McIver and Nenshi and see how long it takes before she agrees to participate.

[Bigtime]

I don't get it either, because McIver could talk circles around her also.

[Kelekin]

Originally Posted by getbak

Then they should schedule it with just McIver and Nenshi and see how long it takes before she agrees to participate.

Agree 100%. If you schedule the event, she WILL show up. She'd look awful otherwise.