(Hat tip: Nick Taylor-Vaisey. BTW, if you click there, check out the prior post; this is the type of blogging potential that Jay Rosen’s been predicting.)

I’ve mentioned before that, after 40+ years, the New Democrats shouldn’t be considered “new” anymore. And an upcoming resolution for a name change is getting some serious consideration:

Two NDP riding associations have passed resolutions calling for a rebranding—simply dropping the “New” from the party name—that will be debated at the party’s national convention in August.

Victoria MP Denise Savoie recently made headlines for expressing support for the idea in Public Eye Online, but she is not the first sitting MP to call for such a rebranding.

Windsor MP Brian Masse says he has favoured a change since his first by-election win in 2002. His reasons are the same as his colleague from Victoria: the party is no longer new.

Naturally, the rest of us have a vested interest in re-branding the New Democrats. Hence the following Blogging Tories Challenge:

And don’t forget the other poll I’ve got running this week. I honestly believe Canadians should ask themselves whether the current Leader of the Opposition really deserves to be considered “intellectual.”

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