Following up

While there continues to be surprisingly little headline news about the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race, there have been a couple of interesting developments from what I've discussed in earlier posts.

First, I noted last week that at the time, Ryan Meili's endorsement page was the only one to feature comments from individuals who couldn't easily be classified as prominent Saskatchewan NDPers.

In the time since then, Dwain Lingenfelter's range of listed endorsements has been expanded to include a broader range of party members, including Jason Miller, Kent Lindgren, and the McGrath family (whose support was already fairly apparent in the fund-raising numbers). Which is definitely a positive sign in sending the message that it isn't just unions and current or former MLAs whose views should be taken into account.

That said, though, it's worth noting that the new Lingenfelter endorsements are generally no less clinical than the earlier ones (or other recent ones from former MLAs). And that still makes for a contrast with Meili's endorsements which tend to reproduce the endorsers' own voices rather than consisting of press-release-speak.

Second, the leadership donation numbers for May 20 have undergone yet another revision. The only apparent difference is the correction of one donation to Meili, as what was originally listed (and discussed here) as a $5,000 donation from Breanna Davis was in fact only $500. That revision apparently doesn't affect the overall total disclosed by Meili shortly after the party donation lists were released.