[Dr Nevergold]

The bottom line with Rob Ford is that his chances of winning the mayoral race again are very, very low. He was swept into power by promising that he'd build subways and not cut services. He said he'd "cut the gravy train" by cutting unnecessary services and even claimed he'd spend *more* on necessary services with those savings.

The fact that he lied his way into office and has governed from a position no one wanted him to govern from means he's almost certainly headed out of public life in 2014. It is interesting more people don't focus on the fact this guy ran on a campaign of cutting the fat so he could spend more on "necessary" things. He's cut everything, contributed nothing to Toronto's future, and he's even turned allies against him.