it's not just bob rae. i mean, if you're talking about the ontario election, you cite bob rae as the obvious betrayer.

in the end, bob rae became a liberal, but it was clear he always was; i think andrea horwath is a conservative.

but, it's not just bob rae, it's the entire party, at every level of government. the sad truth is that there is not a single example of an actual left-wing ndp government. not even one. they're batting 0.

rachel notley is a pawn of the oil industry - veritably as far right as jason kenney. thomas mulcair lost because he ran to the right of justin trudeau. roy romanow has been praised by the fraser institute (the canadian heritage foundation, for those unclear). darrell dexter, greg selinger, ujjal dosanjh - every single one of them betrays their own base and lines up behind capital, in the end.

andrea horwath herself was heavily criticized four years ago for running to the right of the liberals.

you can fool me once, and you can fool me twice. but, after the thirty-seventh time? i'm not getting fooled again.

the knowledgeable political geek should realize that this isn't as obvious as a novice mind might think. it's not at all clear if horwath or ford are going to push bigger cuts, even if it is clear that ford will run deeper deficits.

it's not just bob rae; the ndp have never been what they claimed they were.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/05/22/consigning-the-bob-rae-monster-to-the-pages-of-history.html