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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I'd rather the Alberta Party not get taken over by the wacos though. That's why we need a WRP. Give a home to the crazies so they don't invade the other parties. For the life of me though, I can't figure out why we need a PC party anymore...Let the Alberta Party be kind of their replacement, but without the corruption, cronyism and some of their social stances.
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Originally Posted by Jacks
Except that almost the exact same scenario played out federally where the PC's and Reform party merged under a new banner, won shortly after, and formed government for 10 years. A new party called simply the "Conservative Party of Alberta" makes the most sense by far.
What makes no sense is thinking that they will fold it all up and unite under the Alberta Party banner. If anything the Liberals should call it a day and join the Alberta Party.
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The Alberta Party has nothing though. They routinely poll at low single digits, if that. In the last by-election (Greenway) they didn't even run a candidate, which I think was a major strategic error. I suppose if you're going to get 2% of the vote then it might be better to not run at all, but I would think that party that thinks they're onto something would be in the mix in a by-election where getting some attention is a little easier than a general election.
Really the PC's look poised to regain credibility as a centre-right option and step in to the gap between the NDP and Wildrose. They still poll well in Calgary in particular, and that spells some tough times for the Liberals/Alberta Party. I'm not sure where they fit here if the NDP remains somewhat strong. They might just get squeezed out and battle hard for 1-2 seats.