Thread by @JeffRybak

I've been trying to make people care about the Ontario Liberal leadership race - hashtag #OLPldr. It's an uphill battle. Even for those who often vote Liberal, the leadership process seems distant. Many are waiting for 2022 to care again, and it's hard to blame them. #onpoli 1/6

Discussions about the latest Ford outrage on #onpoli get massive attention. Discussion about #OLPldr far less so. And it worries me that we're so focused on the problem without much attention on the solution. We all want to replace Ford in 2022. But with what? With whom? 2/6

Candidates for #OLPldr can't only attack Ford - we need to hear their plans. But that isn't what the audience wants. When @coteau talks about his successful work with the autism community, it isn't too big. When he slams Ford for failures on the same issue, it's huge. #onpoli 3/6

Blind outrage leads to one goal - replace Ford with anything, with anyone. Figure out who and what later. There's a candidate for #OLPldr trying to channel that drive. His entire platform is "I can win." He's hoping we won't look too closely beyond that dubious claim. #onpoli 4/6

Voters turned on the past Liberal government with some just cause. Their outrage is exactly what led to Ford. In the #OLPldr race, do we want to repeat that same mistake? If we fail to scrutinize our choice to replace Ford, we're no better than those who elected him. #onpoli 5/6

In our outrage, we need to take the #OLPldr race more seriously than ever. We need to choose someone worthy to lead us properly, not just buy some "I can win" tagline. If we want to beat Ford, we also need to better than Ford. Or we don't deserve to govern at all. #onpoli 6/6