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Originally Posted by Slava
Well just yesterday the poll for the Liberals puts them at what, 18%? That seems like a pretty solid gain at the expense of the PC's over the past few weeks. I know these polls don't mean anything but its still something to consider when you're writing off the Liberals.
The party that is a non-starter of these three is the Alberta Party. They might have had something at one point, but its gone. Sue Huff seems like she would be a good MLA, so its a bit of a shame in that sense, but they're on their way to zero seats and probably can hardly keep the lights on.
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The idea of a merger is the only way that the Left will be relevant though. I remember bringing a motion forward on such an idea at the ALP about a decade ago when I was an idealistic university student and getting booed out of the building, older Liberals sitting their shaking their head saying "We have lost for 50 years and I will be damned if we do not lose for 50 more". The simple fact for the ALP is that the math does not add up, the only time it was competitive was when it ran to the right of the Tories but even then they messed up on the abortion question.
A merger would be tough, as the NDP is an unlikely dance partner as well. But all you have to do is look at the Saskatchewan Party, once the Devine cabinet got done serving time they just started a new party and 10 years later everyone forgot what they stood for 10 years earlier.