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Originally Posted by kirant
That would make sense I think as the Southern Alberta communities, in particular rural areas, have a tendency to stick closer to right wing parties. At least, as long as I've followed politics (which is admittedly not a long time).
If no credible right wing party exists, then he's free to keep moving the PC left as long as he keeps dominating the entire right side.
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I disagree, Prentice would be doing this to move the party back to it's historical strength as a fiscally conservative party.
The PC's have been drifting left for a decade and have seen the rise of a real opposition party to the right, even almost losing an election under their most left wing leader ever who gained party leadership on the back of the teachers union. Thus, by taking the Wildrose in and moving back towards fiscal responsibility they eliminate the only credible opposition in the province. The Liberals/NDP never had a sniff there's nothing to gain moving further left.