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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
In 2012, you've had a reputable party that just steered the province out of the worst economic crisis since, let's say, 1982. WRP was a brink right–wing party with no reputation at all; just a bunch of outcasts, really, disagreeing with the party drifting towards the centre. Don't kid yourself, Redford did not lose because of the airplane fiasco or the McDougall penthouse scandal. It was clearly because of her centrist tendencies. Alberta's right can't stand it for some silly reason. That's why Liberals have no chance here. You've got to be clearly left or right to be "liked" politically. Just blows my mind.
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That was an impressive job of dodging the question. The answer, of course, is that the PCs won that election despite a significant split on the right.
The NDP provincially are in the same position the PCs were federally: They have no room to grow without moving to the centre. The longer Notley stays in the looney left, the lower her chances of being re-elected are. Because the only place she can go is down. And each successive mistake is only going to create more of that downward pressure. And the NDP are already only about 4 points up on the virtually leaderless PCs for third place, as of the December polls.