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It's Monday June the 16 around 8:08PM and

Election '08: Robertson vs Ladner

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Well hooray for us in Vancouver! We now have two candidates for Mayor. NDP star candidate Gregor Robertson is set to face off against Peter Ladner after winning the Vision Vancouver nomination. So now there is the Happy Planet juice empire builder and "ardent bike commuter" facing off against the man who wants to see "Vancouver build on its global reputation as a green city that sets new standards for One Planet Living."

This is just like Hilary vs Obama, Bud vs. Bud Light, Tastes great, less filling and all that. Unless someone else enters the race.

Other than the political geeks of Vancouver's civic hothouse -- who vote for their party's mayoral candidate with the same amount of thought that lemmings give to running over cliffs -- Vancouverites also seem to be expressing deep ambivalence over the candidates. Presented with the batch of wannabes in the current race, 40 to 50 per cent of voters say they don't really know whom to pick.


Miro Cernetig, The Sun.

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