I have to wonder how much of Smith's motivation to leave is coming from her push to make the Wildrose party more socially moderate (ie: her support of the gay straight alliances) and some of the resistance from the socially conservative portions of the wildrose to this.
If you can't convince the party to leave those viewpoints behind and come to the realization you are unelectable because of it, even perhaps being pushed out of the leadership because you don't share those views, maybe this is a better option.
We'll have to wait and see what happens with the remainder of the Official Opposition to see if there's a pronounced move towards social conservatism.
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