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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
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.
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Yeah, but despite some boundary changes, it wasn't very long ago that the Liberals held the seat - Craig Cheffins prior to Alison Redford. To be so far back is a very bad indication. Wright was clearly their best candidate.
The worst part for the Liberals isn't even that they lost, it's that they're completely irrelevant as an opposition party. Hardly anyone, especially in the media are even mentioning them. They're just expected to suck now. And, where is Raj Sherman? Time to go bye bye now. At least the Alberta Party showed some will to win something - they obviously put all their eggs into the Greg Clark basket and there's some presence, some semblance of an ambition to win, despite coming up short. It's tough to break through with little brand recognition and even fewer dollars.
Somehow, someway the centre-left needs to come together, get a proper leader and go.