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Further Speculation on Ministries and Green Party Leaders
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While todays events were more easily digested by the very public negotiating and deal-making, there is still a great deal of questions to be answered. The most interesting (in terms of future party prominence) is the destination of the junior ministries in the next week. Bertie has been pretty conservative in picking his cabinet, though the eye catching promotion of Brian Lenihan is a very interesting development (not least in the way it alters party hierarchy).
Yet the juniors are likely to be the ones to watch in the mid term reshuffle hinted at today. They will also be the ones to look at from the point of view of Cowen’s influence. If he is to be next leader, or even the Taoiseach’s close advisor, there is no doubt he will have some opinions on promotions within the party. So who is likely to get in and what will it mean?
As we are on speculating, the new poll in the side bar is asking who will be the next Green leader. Leave some reasoning in the comments. My suspicion is Ryan will be a strong contender if he enters but it may well be Gormley’s to lose.
I agree with your analysis on the Green leadership battle. Ryan will be the one to watch. I also think his fresh-faced appeal could pick up where Sargent left off. Gormley may be the soul of Green conviction, but Ryan could a be voter magnet.
Ya Ryan also doesn’t have a history of the “looniness” with stuff like flurodation. Ryan is the most professional
Ryan may be too nice for the leadership. Maybe a more argumentative type like Gormley is the kind of ‘attack-dog’ they need.
Ministries? I assume Mary White and Trevor Sargent.