One more thought: it seems to me that Jason Kenney brings the worst qualities of both Jim Prentice (elite federal politician trying to rebuild his rep in the little league) and Brian Jean (failure to control the wackos), without any of the good qualities they had (pragmatic, genuine human-beings that you could respect, even if disagreed with them).
I'm not sure it will be enough to sway many 'wild-rose' voters (lost cause from an NDP standpoint anyways), but it might be enough to keep some more centrist folks home, or tossing votes to the AP.
Scenario: UCP 41 seats, NDP 38 seats, AP 8 seats. I know coalition is a dirty word in Canada (IMO we need to get back to some minority gov'ts working through compromise), but who would the AP rather partner with?
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