Nothing specific in this, but it just looks like Smith and the UCP are going to run an absolutely terrible campaign. I say that mostly because they need to get her away from talking, and that's increasingly difficult at this point. In other elections there were other high profile people in the party they could trot out for policy announcements and things like that, and kind of shelter the leader if they needed to. But they've got no one else to step up and deal with things competently.
The obvious answer would've been Toews (whether you like his politics or not is another matter). He seemed competent and seemed like he could be non-controversial. But of course, he's not running again. So it looks like a steady diet of Smith who just can't keep her foot out of her mouth.
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