The nomination race for Airdrie is going to be rather interesting. An MLA might be forgiven once for crossing if they can convince the populace that it was done on principle. But there really is no excuse that can justify crossing twice. In the case of most of the defectors though, the only real competition will come at the party nomination level. Many of these ridings just aren't likely to move left in a general election. Though an edge case like Airdrie - which has become consistently more urban with each election - might be one to make a statement.
From a Liberal Party perspective, I think their lack of a leader with personality is going to cause them to waste an opportunity. The even dumber thing is that they are probably going to recapture much of the "anybody but Wildrose" vote that went PC last time out, return to square one, and pat themselves on the back for a job well done without even realizing they wasted an opportunity.
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