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Originally Posted by Jacks
The Liberal party is unlikely to ever have any success in Alberta, the brand is toxic. You may not think thats fair but that's the way it is. If he wasn't running under the Liberal banner Taft might have beat Stelmach, Decore certainly would have won after the disaster Getty left behind. If the Liberals changed their name and got a decent leader they could probably pull a bunch of soft PC voters into the fold. That they can't see this is mind bottling.
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Its funny because Decore was running a fiscally conservative campaign (he brought out a debt clock which has now been brought out by the CTF), and was winning until the last week. Most people agree that the reason he lost was because in that week they were asked about abortion and Klein gave the now famous "between a woman, her doctor and god" quote. Social conservatives flocked to Klein and the rest is history.
Weird how the brand wasn't toxic at that point. I also think that the Liberals have brought out some decent policies over the years and while a bunch of people are in favour of that policy here or there, they still vote PC for whatever reason. I don't think policy wins as many votes as it loses.
I was a Liberal supporter for years. Now this issue with the Alberta Party and whether they should merge just plain drove me away. My opinion is purely "you guys figure it out because I have other things to do with my life, and if I'm still interested when you do maybe I'll come back. Maybe not."