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Originally Posted by FireFly
I'm not sure what you're saying here? Party policy is very clear regardless of the stance of our leaders.
I think I'm unclear here... Are we being bashed because we have a socially liberal leadership candidate?
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For me, I am waiting to see what the actions are. It matters very little to me what is written as policy on paper. I have no doubt the leader may believe those things, but when push comes to shove, are you going to nominate those like minded folks in the different electoral districts in rural Alberta where that view isnt the most popular in the face of a centralist Supreme Court which continually is seen as infringing beyond its boundries; where you will have to win votes first to gain facetime before you have a shot in Edmonton/Calgary.
Where I grew up the PC candidate got 86% of the vote last election. That is who you are fighting, those are the districts that are most vulnerable that the PC have a hard time defending when they also have to win in the cities especially if a real alternative exists. You also dont have to worry about vote splitting there because the NDP candidate is the classic never win David Suzuki type, and the Liberal candidate is a lawyer hoping next time to win the nomination to run federally.
What worry's us, isnt your official paper stance, its what is this "stelmach farmer type" mla going to say on camera when he has to answer questions from reporters that dont work for the Medicine Hat gazette or whatever two bit paper exists in that district. That is where the Reform had problems, they elected candidates to win locally, not those that would tow the line federally.