tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13194839.post1523196988353342976..comments2023-06-30T01:39:28.918-07:00Comments on B.C. Policy Perspectives: It's not just Liberal attack ads that remind me of Glen Clark and the 1990s-- it's Adrian Dix that doesMark Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904245045490682686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13194839.post-57603456756799970232012-01-06T17:16:14.369-08:002012-01-06T17:16:14.369-08:00P.S. If Dix gets thumped in the next election, tha...P.S. If Dix gets thumped in the next election, that might not only open the door to a new leader; it would also free up some ridings in which to recruit some higher quality candidates. <br /><br />Surely a more democratic leader with a higher quality caucus is worth waiting for. Dix would use the weakness of the current caucus as an excuse for centralizing power and subordinating policy to "communications strategy". That's what I don't want to see.Mark Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904245045490682686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13194839.post-55751474158201909692012-01-06T16:52:38.765-08:002012-01-06T16:52:38.765-08:00Fair Comment. It was the lack of real quality in t...Fair Comment. It was the lack of real quality in the caucus that caused people to reach for someone with the political experience built up over 15 years as Clark's sidekick.<br /><br />I guess Dix's ascendancy bothers me because (1) the amateurism in the caucus stems indirectly from the way that he and Glen ran the premier's office. The extreme reaction against some of their moves caused the blow-out in 2001. The irony that Dix was the ultimate beneficiary of that still bugs me.<br /><br />(2) I know that there have been some great potential leaders in the past (David Vickers, Tom Berger) and possibly on the horizon (Nathan Cullen, Gregor Robertson), who could actually build a broad democratic and progressive base that actually appeals to a majority of citizens. I worry that Dix represents a different strategy that can work in the short run but won't in the long run because it lacks a real mandate--it just depends too much on the temporary division of centre-right forces, and Dix's spin machine.Mark Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904245045490682686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13194839.post-18769314014033231312012-01-05T14:44:37.395-08:002012-01-05T14:44:37.395-08:00I have to say I am less worried about Adrian Dix t...I have to say I am less worried about Adrian Dix than I initially was given his history. What really worries me is an NDP government with not enough decent MLAs to fill a cabinet.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.com