I fail to see how a Progressive Conservative rout in Toronto four months before the mayoral election is a good sign for Ford. Torontonians vote overwhelmingly for the Liberals in the provincial election and then "backlash" against themselves four months later?
Many Ford supporters vote Liberal too. That article about for supporters in the Globe, one of them came off a Liberal campaign.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-prep-for-mayor-fords-return/article19281188/
For the past two months, Louise Boehler has walked into the small “Rob Ford for Mayor” campaign office in a Scarborough strip mall every morning at about 10 a.m., and performed the same routine.
“I turn the lights on, get the coffee ready,” the 58-year-old mother of two said. She checks the voice messages next – some days, there are as many as 60 messages for Mayor Ford waiting. And by the time she’s done, the volunteers have begun arriving. The rest of her morning flies by co-ordinating them – setting them up with flyers and bumper stickers, then sending them out to canvass the city streets.
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Ever since Rob Ford launched his re-election campaign in April, he and brother and campaign manager, Doug Ford, have been tight-lipped about who is on the campaign. While the mayor’s rivals announced teams stacked with well-known political veterans, Doug would only say his is a team of “seasoned veterans.”
The Globe and Mail was recently given a glimpse inside the Scarborough campaign, where it found a team of volunteers who have continued working quietly since the mayor left at the end of April for a rehab facility in Muskoka. All the high-level decisions at the campaign, including policy, are “on hold,” Doug Ford told The Globe. So for the time being, the campaign depends on the volunteers – like those in Scarborough – to keep momentum going.
“We have the best ground game in the country,” Councillor Ford said of the grassroots campaign. “Bar none.”
At the centre of the Scarborough office is Ms. Boehler, who has a shock of blond curls and a “Hunks and Hounds” calendar pinned to her desk. She is the only paid, full-time employee at the office, and under Councillor Ford’s direction, is responsible for ground operations for the city east of University Avenue.
Ms. Boehler said she has worked on “many, many, many” political campaigns over the years. About two dozen supporters were at the office when The Globe visited on Mayor Ford’s birthday, and Ms. Boehler spoke with The Globe between her hosting duties – giving tours and ensuring passersby filled out voter information cards.
The Fords approached her while she was working on Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland’s campaign, she said. One senior Freeland campaign organizer said he believed Ms. Boehler had helped with signs on the campaign, though he and other organizers said she did not play a significant role.
You need to stop this team red vs team blue crap.
