Its strange, but Smith is done I would say. She probably regrets not running against Prentice for the leadership though, because she might have had a chance at that point. Now if she stays on it looks like she is just prolonging the obvious. The Wildrose won't likely win in 2016, so she will resign at that point anyway.
There are some weird situations here going forward though. Say you're Rob Anderson or Heather Forsyth...how do you go back to the PC's now? Have the bridges been burned? Or maybe an MLA for the Wildrose who has already won the nomination for the next election...crossing the floor seems like it would be a disaster in some sense now?
I mean maybe everything is cool in the party still, but it seems like it is the beginning of the end here.
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