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I want someone like Adam Vaughan to run and remind the people of Toronto how to win an election the right way (i.e. not on one small issue like Miller and not on repetitive and annoying phrases like Ford)
 
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Carroll is my #1 choice. I think KWT needs another term or two before being ready. A reasonable conservative like John Parker would be my choice if I had to pick a right-winger.
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This. I would vote for Parker. He's sensible and can compromise to get things done. If Ford gets kicked out from his conflict of interest court case, the conservative establishment would do well to skip over Doug Ford and draft Parker.

On the left, Carroll is very well connected and is rumored to have been asked to jump in when Giambrone's couch adventures got him tearfully ejected from the race.

However, I dont think that she's that likeable when shown off in bite sizes. Carroll grows on you but to get elected you need to be instantly likeable or at least hold the electorate's interest enough to be figured out.

This is why I think the left would do best by getting a former Mayor up against Ford. Barbara Hall is still well liked and would appeal to those who just want the Mayor out of the news and running the city without drama. Babs could beat Ford I think.

My first choice would be for a return of David Miller but I don't think he'd even consider it until his kids are off to university. David Crombie left office still very popular but he's a conservative so the left wouldn't get behind him unless there were a "beat Ford whatever it takes" left/centre/right movement in which case if they wanted to draft a winning candidate, Crombie would be it.
 
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MetroMan said:
My first choice would be for a return of David Miller but I don't think he'd even consider it until his kids are off to university. David Crombie left office still very popular but he's a conservative so the left wouldn't get behind him unless there were a "beat Ford whatever it takes" left/centre/right movement in which case if they wanted to draft a winning candidate, Crombie would be it.
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Except that Crombie will be pushing 80, and he's had heart problems and such. (Oh, and re Adam Vaughan, his Achilles heel might be a downtown-centric prickliness that may be a little too reminiscent to Crombie's mayoral successor John Sewell--perhaps the closest thing to an offputting "Ford of the Left" figurehead there is.)

And another thing to keep in mind is in the possibility/likelihood of Ford not finishing his term, a "chosen successor" like Michael Thompson could easily win on a kinder/gentler/possibly-Stintzified version of "the mayoral record". So--yeah, remember that. It may *not* be a Ford that Vaughan or Carroll or whomever will be running against...
 
Juan_Lennon416 said:
Miller needs to stay on the sidelines. I believe this city needs a fresh face as Mayor
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Personally, I'd like somebody outside of City Hall to take a run for it. Somebody with charisma that can unite the city as one behind a vision of city building and civic pride. The reality though is that being Mayor is a poorly paid thankless job so no CEO would leave their well paid, guaranteed comfy retirement job to become Mayor.

Perhaps somebody at the federal level can pull it off: Gerard Kennedy's out of a job isn't he? Would Olivia Chow return to municipal politics if she got the top job?
 
And it's awfully hubrissy to claim that "nobody was expecting it in progressive circles"; after all, there were doubts even in the Dem camp as to whether the Kerry-Edwards ticket had "the right stuff"...
 
Star Reporter Daniel Dale Bests Mayor 45% To 26% In Stratcom Poll

45% of Torontonians believe the version of events given by Toronto Star Reporter Daniel Dale about a confrontation with Mayor Ford that that took place in a park beside Mayor Ford's house on May 2nd, while only 25% believe Mayor Ford, according to a telephone survey of 952 Toronto residents that was conducted by research firm Strategic Communications, Inc. (Stratcom) Tuesday.

The question was:

As you may know, Mayor Ford and Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale had a confrontation near Mayor Ford's home last week, and both Daniel Dale and Mayor Ford had a different account on what actually happened in this confrontation. Whose version of what actually happened do you most believe: [ROTATE] Mayor Ford's or Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale's?

"Boxing for charity may help some politicians improve their image, but raising your fist to a news reporter in a park is clearly not helping Mayor Ford to gain trust with Torontonians," said pollster John Willis of Strategic Communications, Inc., the polling firm that ran the question.

15% of respondents said they did not believe either Dale or the Mayor, and 15% said they did not know. (Figures total more than 100% due to rounding.)
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Just read on Twitter that Mayor Rob Ford has read a proclamation at the flag raising on International Day Against Homophobia.

Photo of RoFo, a crowd and a rainbow flag: http://twitpic.com/9m3dwf

As Effie (in Dreamgirls) sings, "Look at me, looook at meeeee. I AM CHANGING..."

Who knows, Grand Marshall of the Pride parade may be next...

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Edit to add: CP24 coverage: Ford makes surprise appearance at flag raising

Mayor Rob Ford surprised a crowd of hundreds of people when he showed up at a flag-raising event to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, Ford's staff said the mayor would not attend the noon-hour event due to prior commitments, but he showed up shortly before the event began and, to applause, read a proclamation that says all of Toronto is behind anti-homophobia.
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As someone tweeted: Rob Ford comes out (of City Hall)

Edit to add: Toronto Star: Surprise! Mayor Rob Ford appears at gay event
 
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It's pretty pathetic when the vast majority of Torontonians believe their own mayor, is a lier. Coincidentally, that's also about the same amount of people who voted for him. (Ford got 47% of the vote and about 50% of Torontonians did not vote) So it seems like Ford is fully backed by his 25%, no matter what stupidity he gets himself into. I find that rather shocking. Well maybe shocking is not the right word, I'll change that to perplexing. (the stupidity of people is never really shocking, with all the unfortunate crap we see in the world)
 
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I'm very pleasantly surprised that Ford showed up for the flag raising. I really hope this marks a change in attitude (at least publicly), and that we can finally put this issue behind us.
 
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