Miller Might Be Inept But He Is Not Stupid

Why go looking for trouble when you can count on the apathy of the voters and a solid group of self interest groups supporting you and protecting their place at the trough to ensure a victory.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Globe and Laschinger/Miller Joined at the Hip

The Globe had the following to say about the debate attendance last Monday at the U of T:

Ms. Pitfield clearly stacked the room at Monday's debate at the University of Toronto, deep in the heart of the mayor's downtown stronghold. Of the two mayoral candidates, she got the warmer applause from supporters among the crowd of 250 on hand for the two candidates' first faceoff.
"We had some people there," Miller campaign chief John Laschinger told Inside City Hall. ". . . We did not want to overwhelm the room."
Asked if the next debate might feature a more Miller-friendly audience, he said, "Every time you go into these things, you learn."

Note that this debate was in Miller's friendliest neighbourhood, among his friendliest people (the UofT) sponsored by an organization headed by David Crombie, one of David Miller's friendliest supporters. Why couldn't they get a crowd out? Maybe they can't overwhelm a room.
I asked someone on the Pitfield campaign team how they had gotten so many supporters out. I was informed that they had only invited six people, and that if there were more supporters, then they came on their own.
Laschinger is trying to invent a phantom menace in the opposition when none exists - just a candidate and people who support her and others who definitely don't support David Miller.

posted by Tor Poli @ 8:29 AM