Things I'm looking forward to following:
- the cat fight in the legislature
- do the PCs see this as a mandate to spend, spend, spend or will WR hold them in check a bit?
- what will the deficit be in four years?
- how long will the WR still be hampered by social conservatism?
The PCs definitely had the better candidates so I think it's a good result actually for both Alberta and the Wildrose. If they had gotten in and fcuked things up, they'd be a one-and-done protest party. This gives them a chance to get experience, filter out their wingnuts, moderate their policies, and demonstrate to Albertans that they truly are a government in waiting.
Not much different than the evolution of the Reform Party to be honest...