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Originally Posted by Slava
Isn't that the truth. The media and CPC supporters jumping all over these candidates is somewhat silly. Sure they got elected because of the party that they ran for...that's been happening in Alberta for years though. Tell me that Jason Kenney was the most qualified when he first got elected? There have been a lot of excellent candidates in Alberta who ran for other parties and thus were not elected.
The other point is that poor girl who booked a trip to Vegas, didn't think that she would win and went on the trip anyway. if I were running for the Liberals or NDP here I would do the same thing. How is she supposed to predict that people will flock to the NDP? Funny how no one seems to really care that most of the CPC candidates here didn't show up at any public forums, or like the aforementioned Kenny spent all of the campaign somewhere other than his riding. I get that she is a rookie, and rode the tide in....but they aren't exactly the first ones to benefit from the colour of their signs.
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Firstly, I doubt that most CPC candidates don't show up at any public forums. Although most probably don't go to every opportunity. It's the same with the PM's debate. The PM only had two debates whereas I'm sure those behind him in the polls would have prefered more opportunities to go at him. For MPs who are up against virtually unknown opposition it doesn't make sense to attend many forums. You just are giving them more of an opportunity to become known.
Also, unlike these new NDP candidates the CPC canadidates had at some point win a hard fought nomination campaign. Originally they didn't get in because they were the only one to sign up for the party.