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Originally Posted by edslunch
To be honest though Harper would shrug off a Green win as no threat, but a Liberal win would put the fear of God into him. Regardless of their current standing and shambolic state he still sees them as the only legitimate threat. So at the end of the day I will vote strategically if I can figure out which way the wind is blowing.
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This is the only part that I slightly disagree with from you. The thing that excites me the most about this actually being a race is that *maybe*, just maybe, Calgary and Alberta will actually get some attention paid to it in the next election if someone other than the CPC wins.
To me, regardless of which party you support, the fact that there were very few legitimate forums/debates here, almost no campaigning (particularly by the conservatives, but by all of the parties) and that the results were a foregone conclusion with no discussion of the issues in general was a disgrace. I don't want to turn this into a "Can you blame them?" thread, because obviously I can't. I just know that there are a lot of good people and good ideas on both sides of the spectrum and maybe some of those come forward with some frank and honest debate.