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Originally Posted by mariners_fever
I wouldn't call having a listenership of a quarter of the province 'zero clout'. If he hadn't given Danielle Smith interviews since day one of her leadership race, the Wildrose wouldn't have been as well known as they were going into the election. It isn't all attributable to him, but he certainly has helped foment discontent with the PCs since Ed was Premier.
That is not 'zero clout'.
I'm not sure he'd beat Nenshi, but if the entire federal CPC establishment backs him, as they did the Wildrose, I wouldn't say that he'd get completely wiped out either.
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Well, I meant zero clout when it came to experience more so than any celebrity or notoriety. And things like this matter. A staffer or education board member might become an alderman, often it's a former alderman who moves up to mayor, and more often it's an incumbent who wins we he decides to run. That's what I meant.
Don't know if I agree with what your saying either. A quarter of the province as listeners? I doubt a quarter of the province even listens to radio, never mind, political talk radio.
Not to mention there is a great portion that would listen to the man, but only for a morbid curiosity. And lots of people that might listen to him, might even like him as a radio guy, but wouldn't take him seriously as a political candidate. Getting press for the Wildrose is fine, but it's very different than being a candidate.
Also, we're not talking about the province anyway, we are talking about Calgary. Who generally doesn't have the same values as farmers and sure as heck doesn't vote like them.
Nope, he'd get squished. Not even close. I'm not just saying this cause it's Rutherford, I'm mostly saying it because Nenshi is the most popular mayor we've had since Klein. But I do argue that Rutherford's 'celebrity and positioning and experience' would mean next to nothing anyway. As for the reasons stated above, which are many.