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Old 02-25-2013, 01:54 PM   #175
bizaro86
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Wow. This place is ridiculous. I voted for him last time, and even said that I would almost surely would this fall as well, but even that isn't a high enough standard to make a fairly reasonable remark.

I have no idea who would make a good candidate. Its just fairly obvious that if there was a credible alternative that Nenshi would probably come in a lot lower than 88%.
That's a chicken and egg problem. A credible alternative could lower Nenshi from 88%, but would have no chance of actually winning. Thus, nobody who is credible will run. When Nenshi campaigns against a group of single issue wingnuts, which is likely, of course he'll win by a landslide.

I actually can't think of anyone who could win who might want the job. The only person that comes to mind is Jim Prentice, but he wanted the $$ at CIBC more than he wanted a federal cabinet seat, so I doubt mayor of Calgary is calling his name...

edited to add: usual disclaimer that I voted and campaigned informally for Nenshi
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