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Originally Posted by you&me
That would be a great name!
To be honest, I was chuckling to myself reading some of the comments and thought how funny would it be for the NDP to re-brand as the Progressive Conservatives... They already have the platform that fits and now, after the election, truly believe a major (if not the) issue is branding and the toxicity of the NDP name in Alberta, whether fair or not.
Rewind the clock and if it's the newly formed "Progressive Conservative" party running on essentially the same platform as the NDP vs. Danielle Smith's UCPs yesterday, I honestly think the results are different... Though, maybe I'm just naive. |
They would have to abandon some pretty core philosophies of the NDP as well:
1. Climate alarmism
2. Larger public sector
3. economic dependence on gov't activity and capital allocation
4. moving wealth from more productive sectors and geographies to less productive areas (ie equalization)
5. emphasis on social change over economic progress
6. emphasis on group/identity politics
7. desire for increased union powers
I could probably think of more. But these are areas that the average Albertan would disagree with not only the NDP party, but many of the NDP voters. The best you would get is a split on the left with the leftist True Believers unwilling or unable to form a coalition with the socially progressive but small gov't types. There wouldn't be a big enough tent.
(Incidentally, that list is also why the "bigot" argument doesn't fly. They are sound reasons to hold one's nose and vote for DS.)