Huh, this thread is still going. Who woulda thunk....LOL
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Originally Posted by Slava
I think that the 10 MLA's considering the move are waiting to see who the new leader is, and what the policies are going to be?
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I am not going to add to rumor of 10 MLA's. I will believe it when I see it. We have heard this before. They always say the same thing; "gonna wait and see the outcome of < fill in any issue >"
Anyway, they policies are KNOWN they are determined by our members and on our website. Leaders articulate that policy and help grow the party on many fronts.
As to the comments about the PC's moving to the left; that is only somewhat true. I feel they have moved in both directions and on the wrong issues.
They have moved to left fiscally. Spending more and more each year; beyond our incoming revenues. They continually threw money at everyones' pet project as appeasment and never used restraint.
Another would be, property rights (or rather lack of ) with Bill 19.
Consersely on other issues they have moved to the right. Social issues like smoking laws, minimum drink prices, restricted VLT's, etc.
I think by and large Albertans are fiscally conservative and socially moderate. We want our money managed wisely and really don't care for the government creating laws on morality issues.
There was a poll released tonight that some of you may find interesting.
Click link for full version.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Wildros...239/story.html
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Wildrose Alliance vies for second place in Alberta: poll
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By Trish Audette, edmontonjournal.comOctober 7, 2009 9:33 PMComments (1)
EDMONTON — The Wildrose Alliance party could be Premier Ed Stelmach’s primary competition if an election was held today, according to a poll released Wednesday.
A telephone survey of 1,201 eligible voters conducted over the weekend shows the Alliance and Alberta Liberals in a “statistical dead heat,” vying for second place behind the governing Tories.
“You have to keep in mind the Conservatives still lead in all categories,” said political scientist Faron Ellis of the University of Lethbridge, who conducted the poll. “The barbarians are not at the gates of the legislature just yet.”
But increased media attention after former Alliance leader Paul Hinman captured Calgary-Glenmore in a byelection — and ahead of the fledgling party’s Oct. 17 leadership vote — has led to a new level of support for a party that “up until now (was) a very fringe element,” Ellis said.
Across the province, the poll suggests 38.4 per cent of Albertans would vote for Stelmach’s Tories today, compared to the 52.7 per cent who supported the party in the 2008 election.
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