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Originally Posted by Table 5
Yep, and all they ever remained was the opposition....the only way they actually got to power was to merge with a more established and central party in comparison. There are many people who support those agendas, but frankly any part that wants to win consistently on a national level has to tone down the right wing views on social issues since the majority of canadians are more liberal (small l, folks) on that front.
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But how will a conservative party stay in power if they being to alienate the socially conservative voters, mainly out west, if they start to change their views. Moving more center opens up the door to another Reform type party starting. It is a tightrope that they have to walk. All I am saying is moving furhter central to me seems to make them the Liberals of of the early 90's and we saw how that played out west. It may not happen all at once but if Harper is replaced by a moderate and the party starts shifting from its social conservatism too much I could see another grassroots movement starting.
Provincially this is going to be an interesting time for the PC's. It will be interesting to see what the top guys in the party do with Stelmach as the leader. To me it doesn't seem as though he has a lot of support but more has the support against Morton or Dinning. Will high level guys who supported Dinning or Morton stay with Stelmach. I woder if guys will want to get behind him. The support of Oberg and Nohra doesn't exactly make me think of a powerhouse of political power.
To me Dinning has a lot more powerful support and if he wanted to cause trouble within the party he certainly could. If Morton moves to create a further right wing party or join with the Alberta Alliance he could give them a solid footing in the province. He is popular in a lot of areas and could steal seats from the conservatives in some ridings. I assume it will all be smoothed over but if guys feel like stirring it up...
All I know is that it seems that all three guys could have their own parties and they would all three beat the Liberals and NDP.