Unacceptable

While we're still waiting on the Hale report on the Dwain Lingenfelter membership controversy, one of the more important questions which remains to be answered regardless of Hale's findings is that of how Lingenfelter will deal with those within his campaign who were directly involved in the incident. And unfortunately, today offers another test of how Lingenfelter will handle problematic actions within his camp, as one of his featured endorsers has delivered by far the ugliest personal attack on any of the candidates from within the NDP.

Not that there's any indication that James Ford actually purported to speak for the Lingenfelter campaign rather than for himself alone. But one would have to figure that at least part of his motivation in coming out with guns blazing toward Yens Pedersen would be to audition for a position as one of Lingenfelter's proteges later on. And while Lingenfelter can't figure to control what Ford says, he does have the ability both to let his supporters know that kind of intra-party attack won't be seen as a positive for their future within the NDP, and to decide whether to keep pointing to Ford as somebody who members should listen to in evaluating the leadership race.

So it'll be very interesting to see whether and how Lingenfelter reacts to Ford's letter. And the answer may say plenty about what the NDP would figure to look like under Lingenfelter's leadership.

h/t to ToonDipper in comments here.