Danielle was an opportunist who saw a chance to ride vote anger right to becoming Premier. Too bad for her she badly overplayed her hand with regards to Redford or maybe she could have done it. But once Prentice entered the equation the Wildrose was always in deep trouble. Most WR supporters at one point in time undoubtedly thought highly of Prentice when he was an MP, so it was always going to be harder to bring him down. Voter anger only takes you so far. Amazing to think if she had stood up to those crazies back in 2012 instead of being indifferent she might have been Premier.
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Originally Posted by Bunk
Yep. Time for a real opposition to (put egos aside) come together and provide a real alternative (big tent - centrist). If not, we're all screwed in an actual one party state type situation. I don't like Wildrose, but at least they are an opposition.
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Yup, the PCs got elected because the centrist vote rallied around them primarily to block to Wildrose. Now that the PCs appear to be pivoting back right, there's going to be a void for the centrist vote. Two party politics sucks but it still beats one party politics so everyone from the centre to the left need to come together. I think we all know who the man who can do that is, but we selfishly want to keep him here.