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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
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.
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LOL, when did they almost lose an election? 1993? The Liberals were far closer to forming government than the Wildrose. The last election the PCs ended with 70% of the seats. I would take that as a pretty solid victory.