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Originally Posted by Slava
The other point about Elbow which makes it so hard for the Alberta Party is the Liberal candidate was a former Alberta party supporter who said she left because the party was going nowhere. More specifically to Elbow though, it's a former Liberal riding and there are actually a lot of Liberals there. So the challenge is not that different from what we saw in Calgary Centre. All these progressives have to coalesce around a candidate. For a party that has nothing, no common knowledge and only hopes and dreams that's asking a lot.
It is a different animal because it's a by election, (assuming it is), but it's still uphill all the way for the Alberta party here.
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Calgary Elbow was only once a liberal riding but you are right in that the riding does have a significant portion of residents who are left leading. It could potentially be a good riding for the Alberta Party which is supposedly a centrist party, from what I have read today. If the leader, who needs a seat, is likeable and can hit the pavement hard with a credible message he could be a dark horse in the by election (unless the PC's put Prentice in that race.)