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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
One thing I don't really understand very well, is why doesn't anybody create a brand new party. And I'm talking a person with a name, like Kent Hehr for instance. And you create a new party with a blend of socially liberal but fiscally conservative takes, and then you re-brand this party under new name, logo, colours, etc. And then you go social media huge, sort of like what Nenshi did.
Just seems like you might be able to create a lot of momentum, and get a lot of people to jump ship and or populate your party. I guess a little bit like Wildrose, but maybe without the bat-#### crazy chitter chatter stemming from any kind of religious / overtly right allusion, and just a moderate, centrist platform.
I realize this may be difficult, but I feel like it would be immensely successful.
How many years did it take Wildrose to do this (get momentum)?
Alternatively, you have these guys trying to merge a bunch of parties the majority isn't really pumped about.
Albertans are looking for a new political party, I think you can bet on that. It's just the alternatives are not that great either.
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I think a problem with a guy like Kent doing it is no matter what it will be tough to shake the "Liberal" name from anything he does.
Nenshi was able to do it because he had no well-known ties to anyone and was looked at as a "breath of fresh air"/"new guy".
The problem with the merger in my view is that as people have mentioned the Liberals are not that close to the NDP and much closer to the Redford PC's. If anything a reform/PC merger into the Conservatives seems like a much better idea for the "lefties" that are actually "Centrists" in the province to go against the WR who now represent the right. Now there is no incentive for the PC's to do this with the poor showing of the WR in the last election but if next time the WR gets its stuff together and poses a threat to the PC's perhaps we see an unofficial merger in which the Liberals/PC's go for a combined effort in the cities to fight the rural influence of the WR party.