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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I've seen this kind of thingwritten several times now, in this thread and others.
How do the liberals to merge/turn into a credible centre-left entity when no one in the province will vote for them, often in large part just because of their name? They don't have any seats to combine now, does the alberta party really syphon votes off the Liberals in such a number that it would impact the final election results?
If something as superficial as their name is a limiting factor in attracting votes, how on earth are they going to be 'credible'?
Seems like a great big red herring to me. A moby dick sized red herring.
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As far as the value of a name brand goes, just ask the Saskatchewan Party how much of a difference separating ones-self from a tarnished image via rename can make.
The larger issue though is the utter lack of leadership within the Liberal party. Wildrose only became what it was because of the general incompetence of the Tories under Stelmach and Redford. And that was with Danielle Smith as their leader. The Liberals had the same chance but completely blew it with ineffective leaders like Swann and Sherman, and managed to not only fail to make inroads, but instead saw their support evaporate.
And you can use the "anybody but Wildrose" defence if you like, but credible leadership could have taken advantage of the vote splitting on the right to wallop the Tories in the last election.
That failure is entirely on the party, not the populace.