“The Star-Angus Reid poll, however, suggests Smitherman’s support continues to slip, including in his downtown base, and it’s unclear who would be most successful leading an anybody-but-Ford campaign.”

Oh yeah it also notes that Thomson is considering dropping out and supporting Rossi. Maybe between the two of them they can break double digits! (Came close to making a Bocce Ball joke here, but am hoping to apologize maximum once a day in this space.)

I apologize. You are right. The tone of my last comment was all off. I want people to feel free to come here and discuss things. Phrasing comments like that won’t help, and more importantly I am falling victim to the aggressive and negative discourse the people who invented The National Post (Conrad Black) would like to support.

So yes. Sorry. Let’s keep talking.

Aislinn – I too would like to know some very specific questions about this poorly leaked poll. Since Monday I have seen a huge sway in the people I know to the Pantalone Camp. I would be quite surprised to hear his support hasn’t grown as The Star seems to suggest, but doesn’t quite report, because this is just an “opinion” piece.

Joey, not sure what aspect of all the earlier discussion on this page would suggest you need to come here under a pseudonym… but let’s talk policy and issues anyway. I look forward to it.

The real Joey Pants would never quote from the Full Comment section of The National Post. This space has to be the most ideologically driven, poorly written, angry, and thoroughly embarrassing expressions of contemporary Canadian thought. 

Before anyone goes bananas about me citing NOW in this context, let me point out that they still have standards in terms of writing even when the writer is invested in a political outcome. You know: logic, sentence structure, appealing to more than base reptilian instincts. These things still have weight in other places.