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Rumour of troubles for Joe Volpe
Friday, September 29, 2006 at 02:03 PM

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National Newswatch is following a rumour that the Liberal Party is about to pull the plug on Joe Volpe's leadership campaign.

As in soon. As in today.

If true, why? The problem with the donations from minors is well in the past. Was the recent problem with recruitments enough, then, to push him out?

On its own, I'm not so sure. I do wonder, however, if it has to do with the StopIggy website. I figured that the party had to know who handed the membership list to Marsha Akman. If it was Volpe, then the recent trouble with his recruitment could very well have been the last straw.

Recruiting irregularities can be blamed on low-level campaign workers. But the membership list could only come from the highest levels of the campaign organization. That would give the Liberal Party the ammunition needed to take out Volpe's troubled campaign. It would also provide the party a shield against possible legal action by Volpe. You sue us over pulling the plug on your campaign, and we'll sue you over leaking the membership list.

Update: A highly placed Liberal tells me I'm wrong on this one. Volpe did not help out StopIggy. Back to the drawing board.

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