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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
One of the more common refrains I've heard in the past week is that there are people who are voting UCP under the assumption/hope that when they win they will turf BusTits as leader and promote someone else. But even if by some chance that does happen, those people do realize that the same people who selected her as leader in this first place, will also be the ones choosing the next leader, right? And that, believe it or, she can run again, and win again? Ultimately this viewpoint is why I give the NDP virtually no chance tonight, and I could see this being not particularly close.
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UCP candidates were actually campaigning on that in Calgary. I think a UCP win will just embolden the people who got her in as the leader. They knew that if they put up anyone but her they would win but still rolled with it and they will probably get the win.