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Originally Posted by Bunk
The only way I can see Alberta Party successfully being able to spin to supporters (and more importantly donors) a positive story is if they finish a strong second in Elbow and Clark finishes with more votes than all four Liberal candidates combined.
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I'm not sure I agree--he is in second now, and is clobbering the Liberals and the NDP. Elbow isn't a great riding for liberals generally because their strength in the inner SW neighbourhoods is offset by Tory strength in the Western part of the riding (I think part of Elbow used to be in either Currie or Buffalo).
This election was all about who gets to carry the flag for small "l" liberal voters in Calgary. Clark doesn't have to win, or finish 2nd. He just has to be the most viable Center-left choice.
More to the point this is a stinging defeat for the Alberta Liberals, who are sitting at 12% in the riding and are losing badly to Clark across the board.