We appreciate your take on this stuff, FL. And as for Leech and Hunsberger I couldn't agree more.
Frankly, I think it's senseless to prognosticate about the future prospects of the party--circumstances will change by the next election, and we can't know what Redford will do (or how popular she'll be) until she does it.
In the meantime, WR is the official opposition, and that's a big change from Monday morning. I'm not a supporter, as you know--but I think that this is a huge bright side for the party.
Also, WR were clearly victims of first-past-the-post in a big way. A 9% difference in votes isn't that much--and if you look at Calgary, the Liberals managed 3 seats to Wild Rose's 2, in spite of having a much smaller vote share citywide. That's the reality of the system: but it also means that Wild Rose were actually very close to where they wanted to be--the number of seats can distract you from the fact that they really fell just short.
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