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Originally posted by MarchHare@Oct 19 2005, 03:14 PM
Let's assume the Reform branch of the Conservative Party didn't exist; in 2004, a CPC led by Joe Clark would have easily won the election.
It's not that the rest of Canada automatically opposes anyone from Alberta; it's that most Albertan politicians aren't palatable to the RoC.
A moderately conservative party could sway voters in Ontario and Atlantic Canada. A CPC that is more or less the Reform Party with a new name cannot.
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Yes but could that party sway voters in Alberta?
No and without the Alberta seats I don't think that they would win a majority. We saw this happen in previous elections. Albertans, and other right wing Canadians, don't want the type of party that Joe Clark and his PC's represented.
I know you said that if the Reform didn't exist but to me that isn't a reality because some form of that party will always exist in Alberta and other parts of the west because the PC option of Mckay or Clark is not good enough for many.