Dinning has been in an awkward position over the last week. He needs to attack Morton to rejuvenate his base and to scare some potential Stelmach voters into his camp. Also he wants to secure the 2nd preference choice of most Stelmach voters...however, he cannot attack Morton enough to drop Morton to 3rd place and allow Stelmach to come in 2nd place to Dinning because as long as Stelmach is in the top 2 (no matter who the opponent is...Dinning or Morton) he will win. Dinning has been unable to walk this strategic tight rope and looked pretty rattled during the debate.
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