The following was posted on the Together With Tory website. I guess the opposition missed the part in the PCPO constitution regarding an automatic Leadership Review. Apparently they seem to have an issue with the "grassroots" thrust of our campaign. By their definition, no one associated with this campaign is grassroots.

What do you think?

The London West DSM meeting was held tonight and the DraftALeader.com and Grassrootspc.ca organizing teams were on the ground providing support for grassroots PCPO members.

Results:

Yes Delegates: 16

Youth Yes Delegates: 3

Ex-Officio Yes Delegates: 2 (President and ex-MPP)

Total: 21 Yes delegates

Much of the credit for this success goes to DraftALeader.com regional organizer Dave Dillon.

More to follow on this.

In a homage to the infamous "Where's Waldo", we are launching "Where's John Tory?".

The new Queen's Park Insider , distributed by the Caucus, lists where John Tory's been over the last week, but not where he's headed.

"Where’s John This Week?
This week John Tory was in Toronto, Mississauga, Burlington, Haldimand-Norfolk, Oxford, Stratford, and Halton.

We think it's important for grassroots members to be informed where John Tory's going to be so that you may attend.

As with the DSM meetings, we're looking for your assistance in finding John Tory. As you receive notice of a John Tory meeting in your riding, please post the details here.

Related Activity

Requirements: one pen or pencil, stopwatch or watch

This activity is designed to help you hone your search skills.

1. Start your stopwatch or make note of the time on your watch.

2. Visit the official Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario website.

3. Find the Official Registration Form for the Ontario PC Party Convention in London, Ontario.

4. Stop timing once you have successfully downloaded the form.

5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the DraftALeader.com website.

6. Compare your results.

Hint: dilgent searchers will even be able to find an Online Registration form for the 2008 London Convention.

Update: (suggested by a reader) Try the same exercise at TogetherwithTory.ca

Posted By John Chambers

Tory lost his seat in the Oct. 10 election losing the Don Valley West riding, leaving him on the outside of Queen's Park looking in, a position he now says has been a 'blessing'.

"While it wasn't my plan to lose in the last election, it has allowed me the time to travel the province and talk to folks," he said, adding he considers much of the time spent in the Ontario Legislature to be "unproductive".

"It's unfortunate but I think anyone who is being honest with themselves would admit it," he said.

"So I think it is a bit of a blessing that I have been able to travel across the province and come to events like this and talk to people, it has given me time to come out and talk to real people about real issues."

During those talks Tory said he is talking to people about rebuilding the Conservative platform, and providing long-term beneficial policies to helping all Ontarians.

"The Liberal government has consistently turned its back on that part (rural) of the province," he said.

"They may throw some money at them once in a while, but we need a a consistent, fair way of treating people."

Tory said the party had policies that would have strengthened the province and put Ontario on more solid footing, but people never heard about them.

Complete story in the Lindsay Post

Many supporters of the No side are saying that Mike Harris, Dalton McGuinty, and Stephen Harper all got second chances to fight a general election as leader, so John Tory should too. Fortunately, or unfortunately depending or your point of view, Tory's results are not comparable to any of the three aforementioned leaders.

Tory had more than ample prep time for the recent election - he was leader for over three years before election day. Conversely, Mike Harris and Stephen Harper were only leaders for 117 days and 100 days respectively before the election. Both of these leaders still managed to improve more than Tory however. Dalton McGuinty's prep time was closer to Tory's, although still a few months less, but he managed to raise his party's pop. vote by 9% over 1995 and the percentage of seats in legislature by 10% in an election no one expected the Liberals to win.

Simply put - Tory had the longest prep time and the worst results.

Numbers matter and the charts below show that our leadership matters too.

We need a leader who can get results.

DraftALeader.com has added eCards to the site (under the Multimedia menu).

Currently there are four different cards to choose from. We'll be adding a few more with a Christmas theme later on today.

The eCards will display on Blackberries and other PDA's, so you can send greetings to your favourite staffers or MPPs!

In additon, DraftALeader.com has also gone PDA and cellphone friendly. Simply enter the DraftAleader.com address into your favourite device and a handheld friendly version of the site will be displayed. We will continue to add handheld friendly content to the site so you can stay up-to-date whenever you want, wherever you are.

Updated: Here are the Top 10 pages (unique visitors) on DraftALeader.com:

Tim Hudak - 684 701
Your Choice - 657 686
Info - 631 636
Christine Elliott - 501 511
Frank Klees - 454 461
Elizabeth Witmer - 434 439
Join - 407 410
Delegate Selection Rules and Requirements - 265 266
Jerry Ouellette - 254 296 370 with a bullet!
80 Minus 1 - 258

In the New Year, we will reset the page tracking counts to zero and begin tracking again. Some pages, like the 80 Minus 1, have been on the site for a shorter period of time, so they are registering less hits. Resetting everything in the New Year will help us track the types of information you are interested in.

DraftALeader.com Video Blog 2

Just a few housekeeping items this morning. Some people may not have been able to access the site for a while yesterday. In the early morning, someone was attempting multiple votes in the survey. In an effort to ban this person's IP address from accessing the site, we were a little too wide ranging. The poll is what it is - a web poll. It is only meant as a gauge of support of those visiting the site. That being said, we don't want it abused by anyone.

Nick is still on the road today, meeting with more organizers in the Southwest region. The last several days have been very successful in building the organization throughout the Southwest and GTA regions.

We will be releasing an "80 Minus One" campaign page today with various tools for you to help spread the word.

One item has come up in numerous emails and phone call from members, that being the "8 not 12" letter campaign. While the latest letter mentions our site, the DraftALeader.com effort is in no way aligned with this campaign. We decided from day one to be upfront about who we are and what we are doing. This will continue to be our operating method until the convention is concluded.

Keep the emails and comments coming. It's only with your support and encouragement that we will succeed.