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Originally Posted by octothorp
So Aheer is officially running for the UCP leadership. She's interesting because she was the only UCP MLA to criticize Kenney for being too slow on implementing restrictions.
I think she'd be really formidable in a general election, but I'm not sure she's got a chance in the leadership race, as she'll be the last-choice for most of the former WRP (interesting because she's former WRP herself), and UCP insiders may consider her a backstabber for publically speaking out against Kenney and party policy.
Where she might have an impact is that she might draw otherwise reluctant moderate PC voters to cast a vote, and those voters, even if they're not enough to get her into the final ballots, may help an establishment candidate like Toews.
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Canada and the States are the same way, a bunch of extremist nuts pick who is going to be nominated, and the rest of the population has to pretend that they are not a horrible choice.
The system of joining a party to vote (the vote that really matters) aligns you with one side and is antithetical to democracy. Multiple members of the same party should be up for overall leadership in the general election. The Party should nominate three per Party, and let the people decide on which is less deplorable, without throwing out the platform. This would effectively make the platform the important part of an election.