Jimmy Kimmel didn’t show up for this Mayoral debate on TV
In case you missed the Mayoral TV debate, here it is.
The buzz this morning is that Rob Ford came out on top, if for no other reason than he showed up for a brawl that never really developed. None of the other candidates played the Jimmy kimmel role with Rob. Kimmel at least made it obvious when Ford showed up on his late night show that “nothing good could come of his appearance ” because it was going to be about nothing BUT crack, and booze and embarrassing videos with a little bit of help offered to a guy in his 40’s who can’t remember what he did last night. But none of his opponents went there last night, at least not directly. They took a few limp wristed shots on net that Ford easily brushed into the corner while scoring a goal or two himself.
Here’s my TV take on BT this morning
John tory looked like he was still interviewing for the job instead of acting like he had it. Olivia Chow showed some of the municipal street fight she has in her from back in the day before she refined her style to match the more rarified air in the House of Commons.
Karen Stintz and David Soknacki were just fine but showed no sign or capacity last night of becoming front-runners.
These are very early days so last nights opening performance has little to do with the way things may end up in October but public perceptions are shaped by these events and the chatter that lingers in the hours and days that follow. Public perceptions can and probably will change by events and performances that are not yet part of the equation. Chow and Tory would be well advised to re-evaluate or re-weight the balance between policy and performance or to put it another way ” substance over style”