1. Those who think Rob Ford can still win.
An actual discussion of the issues isn’t good enough. Seems some media desperate to inject excitement into the mayoral race continue to spread the false news that Ford can win again. Maybe it’s fear that he can win that’s keeping that myth alive, but it’s a dangerous idea to keep kicking around. Ford won in 2010 partly because folks started taking him seriously instead of treating him like the racist nutjob he is.
2. The #TOpoli Twitterati.
Yeah, we get it. Social media are the new political frontier. But outside of their like-minded followers on Twitter and friends on Facebook, what voters do the minions in the John Tory and Olivia Chow camps think they’re winning over with their nasty little jabs at one another?
3. Doug Ford’s too-obvious mayoral aspirations.
Now that those dreams of leading the PCs have been dashed once and for all, DoFo is lying in the weeds ready to strike when the inevitable happens and little bro falls off the wagon. He’s turned Rob into the crash test dummy for his own political ambitions. Only word is, the Ford family label business isn’t doing so great, which may signal a return to the private sector for Doug. Till now, the mayor’s office has proved a powerful perch from which to drum up business for the famiglia. See RR Donnelley & Sons.
4. The Chow campaign’s monster-truck-inspired attack ads on Ford.
Whatever happened to the vision thing? Hope over fear? Seems the Chow campaign strategy is being unduly influenced by the gutter tactics of former Liberals in her camp. The tack is no longer why Chow is the best candidate, but something less lofty – namely, that she’s the only one who can beat Ford.
5. Sarah Thomson’s dancing.
Only slightly less irritating than her new YouTube video is Thomson’s attempt to convince anyone who’ll listen that she’s done her own internal polling and – surprise! – it shows her in fourth place.
