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View Poll Results: Mayor Poll
Burrows, Craig 7 1.59%
Connelly, Joseph Patrick 3 0.68%
Devine, Bonnie 0 0%
Erskine, Barry 0 0%
Fech, Oscar 4 0.91%
Hawkesworth, Robert Andrew 1 0.23%
Higgins, Barbara Joan 51 11.59%
Hunter, Sandra Joan 0 0%
Johnston, Gary Fredrick 0 0%
Knight, Daniel 0 0%
Liu, Amanda 2 0.45%
Lord, Jon 5 1.14%
McIver, Richard William 64 14.55%
Nenshi, Naheed 299 67.95%
Stewart, Wayne 4 0.91%
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Old 10-14-2010, 06:33 PM   #1021
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I really wish Craig was running for alderman in his old ward. I wish him the best...great guy.
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Old 10-14-2010, 06:33 PM   #1022
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Don Braid said earlier today it's likely McIver, which makes -zero- sense based on Burrows' campaign.
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Don Braid said earlier today it's likely McIver, which makes -zero- sense based on Burrows' campaign.
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Old 10-14-2010, 06:48 PM   #1025
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you don't think people will switch from barb --> nenshi?
Originally I thought that more people dropping out of Barb's camp would be McIver supporters rather than Nenshi supporters. I had a talk with my wife and she made a good point that the ABM vote might just switch to Nenshi. Now I don't know.
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I got an email like at from a guy running a pool I am in. But I tinckuded a picture of kids holding a McIvor sign.

Would this rank as the most exciting race in Calgary municipal history ? I am too young to remember anything but Dueer and Bronco.

I have also never seen my group of a-political friends talking politics before.
2001 was actually pretty exciting. Longstaff had the early lead, Bronco was a come-from-behind winner.

The Do-her races were brutally boring.

Generally speaking the races without an incumbent have been quite engaging.
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I think barb has had a really tough day in general, but one that could haunt her. First admitting that it was not her idea to run for mayor. The lashing out at arts vote after the rough ride on BT was misdireted anger. I do think that the interview was unfair and she handled herself well, but the bad press that is spilling out in the herald, sun and online could hurt you this close to election day, people have short memories and this is not what you want them to remember going to the polls.

Second I think x92 did a good interview and managed to bring out a couple of things that have been floating around amoungst informed people for a while, ie why did you not release your policy on day one of your announcement. Another thing, I found it odd that she said she didn't know who was on her donor list. Like rodger stated 'would that not be part of transparency?' Rodger then got her to admit that other people were getting the donations for her. That coupled with the admission on BT and she does not make a strong case for not being a Marionette.

She again went on defence and seemed to be getting worked up, maybe she felt she was getting attacked but if she plans on getting into the top chair this type of scrutiny will not end. A honest question - can she handle this position and the constant questioning of her actions.

Then latter on QR77 in regards to questions about the debate - no real hard eveidence that she quashed the 3 way debate but on the defense she went again for the third time. Bad PR really. Anybody listening to those three interviews will remember her reactions and maybe see a personal trend and not her policy. It is possible that it could turn into lost votes. I know i listened to all three of the candidates interviews this afternoon and I all I can recall from hers was the debate with the caller about the debate! I have no idea of what her ideas were, they were completely over shadowed.

Her policy is finally out to be viewed but the damage may be done. Now people my only remember her inability to take tough questions about her and her experiance, motives etc. in stride. This is politics and in order to be succesful you need to be able to duck and weave and she did not do well today at all...

the hindeburg is on fire.

I honestly think she cooked herself today and anybody sitting on the fence may be looking other directions, which ever way that may be.
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But Higgins wanted all 15 candidates or just her versus McIver.
I really hope she knows that the field has already dwindled down to 10 candidates.
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Barb's strategy (ie. avoiding debates) plays to her strength, which is name recognition. Her weakness is policy and debate (not to mention composure when the going gets tough), but I think it all stems from her lack of policy and really understanding how the City runs.

I saw a post somewhere on a blog and I thought it summed this race up well (though McIver is getting slammed on things he shouldn't, he does have some good ideas and at least can discuss policy with competence as any 9 year alderman should be able to):

This campaign has boiled down to being about Big Money vs. Big Name vs. Big Ideas.
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It might be somewhere in the last pages, but Jill Bellands facebook status from earlier today:

Ric McIver is on BT Calgary Friday morning at 720am. I wonder how he likes his cornflakes...
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Final turn out for the 2010 Advance Vote is 26,372. Final 2007 Advance Vote turn out was 9,353. 181.9% growth over 07
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I'm watching the Florida feed for the Flames game tonight and I'm pretty sure I just saw Bigtime and his companion reppin' the cause in their Nenshi shirts.
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I'm watching the Florida feed for the Flames game tonight and I'm pretty sure I just saw Bigtime and his companion reppin' the cause in their Nenshi shirts.
I've seen a few of them in the crowd too

Purple watching > the game so far
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Most people have said if he loses, he becomes the defacto opposition for 2013 if things go badly. The one thing that can be said about his campaign, win or lose, is that he has the strongest movement as far as getting people legitimately excited and politically active, and that's huge.
I predict if he loses he will be pursuing the leadership of the Alberta Party.


I think many of these candidates dropping out, are doing so just to save face. On election day they can then say their numbers are so dismal since they withdrew.
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I predict if he loses he will be pursuing the leadership of the Alberta Party.


I think many of these candidates dropping out, are doing so just to save face. On election day they can then say their numbers are so dismal since they withdrew.
I think that Alberta Party comment is bang on.

Its still strange to me that some of these guys waited until today to drop out. I know what you're saying about the results and that part makes sense...it just seems like they could've seen this coming a few weeks ago and pulled the plug back then. If there was a poll that told me I was under 3% on nomination day and had no chance to make up ground (school trustee is a little different!) I wouldn't have filed.
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I already voted Nenshi. He'll get nearly all the Mt.Royal vote which will help out, and it certainly helped that we had advanced polling in the school.
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Old 10-14-2010, 11:21 PM   #1039
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..I can't vote =(
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..I can't vote =(


You can still campaign! Getting other people to vote can have even more impact that voting yourself would.
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