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Some fun, last minute shenanigans in Cgy-Elbow: http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2014/...r-on-the-left/

One little private message on social media – that’s all it took Saturday to send the Calgary-Elbow byelection campaign into fits of temper and name-calling.

The Liberals, via candidate Susan Wright, alleged that the Alberta Party secretly tried to manipulate them into a endorsement, merger, or some other secret deal.

“There was talk they wanted to cut a deal to get us out of the race,” Wright said in a press release Saturday afternoon.

“The direct message we received on Twitter from Alberta Party campaign team member Marc Doll certainly lends credence to rumors they wanted me to drop out,” Wright adds in the statement, which took 24 hours to craft after back-and-forth with Liberal Leader Raj Sherman.

The Alberta Party says it’s all nonsense. “Why on earth would be want to merge with them?” says campaign strategist Stephen Carter.

Marc Doll said in a direct message to Liberal MLA David Swann:

“Interesting crossroads,” he said. “I think your numbers saying what ours are. Do you see any path that could be a win-win for everyone?”

Swann replied: “What r u thinking?” (He’s a doctor and that’s the way they write prescriptions.)

Doll’s reply isn’t public, but Swann says he essentially dropped the matter.

“I feel like I was being used for bait, as a dupe,” says Swann