Snookie were also hoping Doyle sticks around as well so he can bust your chops over BC Rail......But coming from Snookie its all smoke and mirros to save face.....you pressed the council to oust him lets get real, jeez you bough the liberal leadership your capable of anything....now just go will you

Actually, the process is not flawed. There is nothing that requires correcting except for the need to eliminate the apparent vindictiveness demonstrated by the Liberal members.

The only sensible option is pull back on the recruitment campaign and put it off until after the May election.

And during the election campaign, each leader should be required to categorically indicate if he or she, if in government, will offer Mr. Doyle an extension for another 6 years.

Any tinkering of the process now will only be seen for what it is... A desperate and thinly disguised move by the Liberals which does little to hide their true colours.

How come the brightest and the best always screw it up. Here is snookums trying to, with the help of the LIE BERAL spin doctors, trying to spin yet another Davey Crocket story about the AG..And any of these LIE BERALS having anything to say about drinking. WOW. I seem to remember when "THE TOWN DRUNK: before he was officialy "THE TOWN DRUNK" (that doesn't include the employees at city hall that watched him when he was mayor. He was officially "THE TOWN DRUNK" then) Having anything to say about booze. I seem to remember "THE TOWN DRUNK" made two of the LIEING LIE BERALS step down after they were caught driving. Of course that all changed in Hawaii.

It seems like the staunch NDP supporters are into the name calling. They never have anything constructive to say. They must have a very limited vocabulary.
The NDP were involved in more crooked schemes than any other party has ever been. I guess if Campbells shortcomings are piled onto Christie so should the shortcomings of the previous NDP governments be piled onto Dix.
Dix was also part and party to the crooked dealings that went on. Now he is all soft spoken and trying to convey the lily white image.

RalphL_2: Readers, here we go again. Shooting off from the hip and blowing gaskets without thinking. Typical NDP policy.
Ralph, whatever the outcome of which party forms government on May 14, 2013, Christy Clark will be the MLA for Vancouver Point Grey.
Adrian Dix says the provincial election will be a nail biter.
Ken280, the readers consultant with a briefcase 50 miles away from home says that the NDP will be government.
Ralph, if you would have done your homework, you would see that the NDP with 48% of the popular vote will remain as the official opposition party in B.C.
You better start working to get this number up to 49% plus, because if you don't, your NDP will stay on the same side of the house they are on now.

THIS WEBSITE SURE CATERS TO NDP DAMAGE CONTROL!

ARE THE NDP THAT WORRIED?

Ken280: You still have not told the readers of why you and Adrian Dix are not seeing eye to eye. Did he not pay for your coffee in your last sit down. We know he does not pay transit fares. Adrian Dix has said the election will be a nail biter and you say that B.C. will have a NDP government. Could you please explain to us why the two different answers.

TO ALL COALITION VOTERS: AN EXAMPLE OF A FUTURE NEWS HEADING IN THE VANCOUVER SUN IF IN FACT THE NDP DOES FORM GOVERNMENT ON MAY 14, 2013.

JUST REPLACE THE NAME SELINGER WITH DIX.

THIS IS FROM THE WINNIPEG SUN BY TOM BRODBECK, DEC 23, 2012.

IT READS: GREG SELINGER AND THE GOVERNMENT HE LEADS HAS A SERIOUS SPENDING PROBLEM. (JASON HALSTEAD/WINNIPEG SUN FILES)

THE SELINGER GOVERNMENT IS PROJECTING THE PROVINCE'S BOOKS WILL BE $602 MILLION IN THE HOLE IN 2012-13. THAT'S $98 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE NDP PROJECTED IN IT SPRING BUDGET, WHEN THEY FORECAST A $504 MILLION DEFICIT IN THEIR CORE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

AND THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR IT. THERE WAS NO CATASTROPHIC FLOOD THIS YEAR. AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN'T SLASH TRANSFER PAYMENTS.

TAX REVENUES ARE WAY UP, IN PART BECAUSE THE SELINGER GOVERNMENT BROUGHT IN THE HIGHEST OVERALL TAX INCREASE IN 25 YEARS IN 2012. IN FACT, INCOME AND CORPORATE TAX REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO BE $73 MILLION HIGHER THAN FORECAST THIS YEAR. REVENUES DROPPED IN A FEW OTHER AREAS, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S SECOND-QUARTER REPORT RELEASED THURSDAY.

BUT STILL, OVERALL REVENUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE $64 MILLION HIGHER THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED.

DESPITE THAT, THE DEFICIT STILL WENT UP.

WHY? BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS A SPENDING PROBLEM.

THE PROVINCE HAS ALREADY BLOWN ITS BUDGET IN FAMILY SERVICES BY $46 MILLION. APPARENTLY THE ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION OF $1.08 BILLION WASN'T ENOUGH FOR GOVERNMENT. THEY'RE NOW GOING TO SPEND $1.126 BILLION IN THAT DEPARTMENT. JUSTICE IS WAY OVER BUDGET BY $35 MILLION THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT AN EXTRA $10 MILLION IN 2012-13.

EVEN IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP IS OVER BUDGET BY $4 MILLION.

SO DESPITE ALL THE TALK BY PREMIER GREG SELINGER ABOUT TRYING TO SHOW SOME FISCAL RESTRAINT THIS YEAR TO "CLOSE THE GAP" BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, THE GAP IS GROWING, NOT NARROWING.

REMEMBER WHEN SELINGER TOLD MANITOBANS EARLIER THIS YEAR AT HIS STATE OF THE PROVINCE SPEECH THAT HIS GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO NARROW THAT GAP? WELL, HE'S NOT DOING IT. HE'S NOT EVEN HOLDING THE GAP STEADY. IT'S GETTING WIDER.

AND THIS IS OCCURING DURING RELATIVELY GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES. MANITOBA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH THIS YEAR IS EXPECTED TO SURPASS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WHY CAN'T THESE GUYS GET THEIR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER?

BECAUSE THEY DON'T HOW TO, THAT'S WHY. DURING THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF GOVERNING, THE NDP DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH FISCAL CHALLENGES. THEY ENJOYED MORE A DECADE OF MASSIVE INCREASES IN TRANSFER PAYMENTS FROM OTTAWA AND THEY SPENT THAT MONEY LAVISHLY, DRIVING UP BASE SPENDING IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.

BUT NOW THAT TRANSFER PAYMENTS HAVE LEVELLED OFF A BIT--THEY'RE STILL VERY RICH THOUGH, AND AT HISTORICALLY HIGH LEVELS--THIS GOVERNMENT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THEY WENT INTO DEFICIT WHEN THE ECONOMY SOFTENED A FEW YEARS AGO AND NOW THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF IT.

THEIR LINE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES ARE NOW SO HIGH--IN PART BECAUSE THEY'VE ADDED HUNDREDS OF CIVIL SERVANT POSITIONS TO THE PAYROLL--THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

THE CONCEPT OF FISCAL AUSTERITY AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT IS FOREIGN TO THEM. PUBLICLY, THE SELINGER GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY WON'T CUT SPENDING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO ERODE FRONT-LINE SERVICES IN IMPORTANT AREAS LIKE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO. THEY HAVE TO TACKLE THEIR GARGANTUAN BUREAUCRACY AND RE-EVALUATE THE HUNDREDS OF PROGRAMS THEY'VE ADDED TO THE TAXPAYER BILL OVER THE YEARS.

FOR EXAMPLE, DID THEY REALLY NEED TO CREATE A NEW GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO HELP ENTREPRENEURS SELL THEIR COMPANIES UPON RETIREMENT, WHICH SELINGER ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH?

NO, THEY DIDN'T. BUT THAT'S THEIR MINDSET. TO KEEP GROWING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT.

WITH THE GAP BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES STILL GROWING, I'M NOT HOLDING OUT MUCH HOPE THIS GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE MUCH--IF ANY--PROGRESS WHEN IT TABLES ITS 2013-14 BUDGET IN THE NEW YEAR.

AS IT IS, THEY'RE STILL HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

AND THAT'S VERY BAD NEWS FOR THE OVERALL FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.

And to you NDP'er's that say this won't happen in B.C., well Tom Mulcair, held a NDP meeting on Parliament Hill on Tuesday with all the provinces top NDP officials, opposition NDP leaders, and the two NDP premiers, for a meeting showing a total unity of the NDP.

She does not have to be elected by the people. Check your facts. She is elected by the members of the liberal party. Those who support the Ndp are pathetic in that they are poor losers and from day one have never shown any respect for the winning liberals. Regardless of who wins respect should be shown for those giving up their time to serve the public.