Check out this vile little missive, here. When I read that, it didn’t sound like it was a letter from your average citizen. Along with being total bullshit, it had a decidedly phony feel to it.

An impressive young Liberal I know felt similarly. He started digging. And look what he found: “Scott spends a great deal of his time volunteering and working with the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and has acted as Secretary of Essex Progressive Conservative Riding Association.” There’s more on this guy. Lots more. Bottom line: he’s a Hudak hack.

Not only would it have been helpful if he’d disclosed that to the Windsor Star – it would have told the rest of us that, when they look at the field of Ontario Liberal leadership candidates, there is one candidate the PCs (and NDs) fear the most.

And that candidate is Sandra Pupatello.

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When I was in Calgary to promote Fight The Right, the impressive Calgary Centre Liberal candidate showed up at my speech thing – and a lot of Greens, too. They were all so hungry to win, you could tell they could taste it. It was awesome.

Some of them asked me for advice. “Keep doing what you’re already doing,” I said. “You’ve got a centrist Calgary mayor and a centrist Premier, both of whom beat the Right. You guys are already doing what you need to be doing.”

Calgary Centre! Tonight, can you hear that sound? That’s the sound of Messrs, Harper, Kenney et al. starting to shit their pants.

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I strongly support Israel, and Israelis.  I always have. I don’t support the current leadership of CIJA, who have effectively become a communications/lobby arm of the Conservative Party of Canada – and who have thereby diminished the voice of Jewish community when (not if) there is a change in government.

I met Shimon Peres when I was in Israel, years ago. What a great man! What a legend! I can tell you he is also far more moderate, and far more strategic, than the erstwhile “leaders” found in organizations like CIJA. I have faith in him, and the difficult decisions he and others must make in the coming days.

Our aim is not to start a war and we are all hopeful that the operation doesn’t last a moment longer than necessary. #israelunderfire

— PresidentPeres (@PresidentPeres) November 16, 2012

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First Glen Murray was making them, now Kathleen Wynne.

Anyone else using them? I’m curious.

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We’ll be raising more funds for Pussy Riot’s defence fund – so show your support for free speech, political Ottawa!

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Live! Right here!

Oh, and here she is with some guy from Toronto this afternoon:

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Well-attended event last night at U. of T. – and Son Three was there to sell Fight The Right! (We sold out, too.)

Most interesting thing, from my perspective: that’s an A.Y. Jackson over my head.  I tried to pry it off the wall, but the U. of T. Liberals and Organizing For Progress told me they’d get in trouble.  So I left it behind.

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I have the Man Flu today, so I am in one foul mood. Stay away.

As such, this fits my mood perfectly. Spotted by Steve Ladurantaye. (Oh, and Steve: thanks for help on delivery. It came for about a week and then stopped. Now all they send is bills. This, too, puts me in a bad mood!)

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The sentiments are nice, but to Team Sandra, I say: keep working like you are way, way behind. Work like you’ve never worked on a campaign. Don’t leave anything to chance!

…Indeed, over the last century, all three major parties have generally fared badly in provincial elections when they were headed by leaders who hailed from the city of Toronto or were from their party’s left wing.

The only people to lead their party to victory and become premier while holding a Toronto riding were George Drew (Conservative-High Park) from 1943 to 1948 and Bob Rae (NDP-York South) from 1990 to 1995.

Combined, these facts are a big reason why Sandra Pupatello will likely win the Liberal leadership race to succeed Dalton McGuinty and become Ontario’s next premier.

Historically, the path to success for Liberal leadership contenders has been simple: Play up your outside-of-Toronto roots and appeal to the fiscal business-minded conservatives in the party.

It’s a strategy that McGuinty deployed masterfully in winning the 1996 leadership contest, where his final-ballot opponent was Gerard Kennedy, then a downtown Toronto MP with a background as a food bank organizer.

It’s a strategy that will surely propel Pupatello to victory…

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