I have been soundly chastised by some people around me by stating, for the record, that I don’t think that any of the current Liberal leaders have what it takes to win big outside of our traditional hunting grounds.
I have also had some gumption to suggest that the Fossilized Remains of the party need to [...]
November 12, 2008
Categories: Vision . Tags: membership, planning, rebuilding . Author: 1dlf . Comments: 2 Comments
Tom Axworthy’s Liberal credentials are second to none, so I thought I’d share his take on what the party should be doing to renew itself. First, be sure to check out his 2006 article on party renewal, which looked at four key questions:
I. What is the most pressing or overarching issue of our times and [...]
November 2, 2008
Categories: Vision . Tags: Party Renewal, Tom Axworthy . Author: calgarygrit . Comments: 1 Comment
As you might have noticed, we have started to include a list of bloggers over on our sidebar who have endorsed the Liberal 308 idea/concept and the notion that structural and organizational reforms are needed to make the Liberal Party work better and compete better.
The easiest way to know they support the concept and to [...]
October 30, 2008
Categories: Misc, Vision . . Author: admin . Comments: 1 Comment
This is a very timely op-ed over at CNN about how Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean’s “50 state strategy” plan was attacked by some of the the Democratic strategists and politicians – as was Obama’s decision to adapt it for his presidential campaign – as pie in the sky thinking, but how they were vindicated:
Dean’s [...]
October 29, 2008
Categories: Policy Proposals, Vision . Tags: "10 + 3", Liberal 308, Liberal Party leadership . Author: stribe37 . Comments: 3 Comments
A few thoughts from me (me being Scott, one of the admins at the Liberal 308 Facebook Group, and general blogging geek, which many of you will know if you read the Canadian blogosphere) on the start of this leadership campaign to pass along to you folks, since we’ve seen Frank Mckenna announce yesterday that [...]
October 29, 2008
Categories: Misc, Policy Proposals, Vision . Tags: Liberal 308. "10 + 3", Liberal Leadership race . Author: stribe37 . Comments: Leave a Comment
In the words of Drew Adamick, 2008 federal candidate for Cariboo–Prince George, “There is one clear message that the Liberal Party must take from this past election: We must rebuild ourselves.
No longer can we blame the media for our failures. No longer can we blame other parties for taking away support that we did not [...]
October 25, 2008
Categories: Vision . . Author: liberal308 . Comments: 1 Comment