NDP Leadership Quick Links

As promised, let's take a quick run through plenty of material on the NDP's leadership campaign...

- Straight Goods has posted Ish Theilheimer's interviews with each of the candidates.

- I can only figure Justin Ling has been reading Future Babble and looking to Dan Gardner's criticism of reckless pundits as a model. But even if one wants to play the "heads I win, tails you forget we had a bet" game, it normally isn't the best plan to predict that the coin will undergo a spontaneous existence failure before landing - which is about as plausible as Ling's suggestion that Thomas Mulcair's campaign is dead.

- One of the main points I'll be looking to emphasize through the leadership race is the need for a future leader to be able to serve as both spokesperson and strategist. Romeo Saganash hints at his ideas for the latter role in describing his plan to defeat the Cons in 2015.

- Among the other notable developments from the candidates, Mulcair has been blitzing Quebec to sell new memberships. Peggy Nash has picked up on how the Harper Cons have turned Canada into an international pariah. Paul Dewar has called for an end to photo-op politics, and earned the endorsement of former MP Tony Martin. Brian Topp has focused on ending disparities in terms of both democracy and economics. Niki Ashton unveiled her first set of endorsements, with Ashton and Dewar each earning a huge number of key Manitoba supporters. And Nathan Cullen has offered up an FAQ on his cooperation proposal.

- Finally, Ian Capstick's strategist index offers one interesting set of opinions on the race. (Though I'll hope that any future updates include some explanation rather than just the list, as the "how" seems far more important than merely presenting the candidates' names in order at this stage of the campaign."