tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post116486041953976738..comments2023-11-05T04:40:23.785-07:00Comments on Rusty Idols: My Endorsement: Ted MortonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1165081718599783562006-12-02T10:48:00.000-07:002006-12-02T10:48:00.000-07:00You hope.You hope.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487395482670731681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1165068795863890002006-12-02T07:13:00.000-07:002006-12-02T07:13:00.000-07:00Bear in mind though Cliff that when the Liberals s...Bear in mind though Cliff that when the Liberals slogan stops becoming "well Ralph is going to have a landslide anyways so you might as well toss us a few crumbs so that there can at least be the excitement of more than 3 MLAs from Opposition Parties" and starts becoming "every vote for us could conceivably put a Liberal government in Edmonton" you will see that electing multiple Liberals in Calgary starts becoming again rather inconceivable.Feynman and Coulter's Love Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129851946309441082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1164984311434836222006-12-01T07:45:00.000-07:002006-12-01T07:45:00.000-07:00Yeah the Socreds dominated the ballot box complete...Yeah the Socreds dominated the ballot box completely too - until they didn't.<BR/><BR/>The Tory popular vote share dropped precipitously in the last election - I should know, I ran in it - and Calgary committed the previously inconceivable act of electing multiple Liberals. All this, with the fading warmth of Ralph's cult of personality still burning. <BR/><BR/>Demographics have changed, attitudes have changed, and now the PCs have to decide where to take the bullet: urban or rural. They lose a chunk of votes either leadership pick. Stelmach probably both.<BR/><BR/>And the PC share of the popular vote was already dropping before Ralph even left.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487395482670731681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1164969287287722662006-12-01T03:34:00.000-07:002006-12-01T03:34:00.000-07:00Yeah, under Ted Morton we can have a right-leaning...Yeah, under Ted Morton we can have a right-leaning PC Party (hated by Mimi Williams, VUE Weekly, and the usual suspect of socialist nutbars) losing to a Liberal machine with their new telegenic sorta-right moderate leader.<BR/><BR/><B>Just like what happened in 1997, remember?</B>Feynman and Coulter's Love Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129851946309441082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1164960725978846332006-12-01T01:12:00.000-07:002006-12-01T01:12:00.000-07:00Ah but your little shell game happens to ignore th...Ah but your little shell game happens to ignore the fact that in the last 4 elections in Alberta be it federal and provincal the NDP and the Liberal party combined hasn't fielded more than 400,000 votes. While there have been between 500,000 and 900,000 Conservative voters with the high end of support being for Harper's Conservative party.<BR/><BR/>You also fail to account for the fact that Morton is really nothing more than Preston Manning's ideological younger brother and Manning is viewed as the patron saint of Alberta politics. Reality happens to be different than your personal preferences.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628728347599057479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1164952840204107872006-11-30T23:00:00.000-07:002006-11-30T23:00:00.000-07:00I see your point. It assumes some things about Di...I see your point. It assumes some things about Dinning's ability or lack thereof to juggle rural and urban, right and center.<BR/><BR/>Both our horses come with risks: Dinning that he might actually be able to pull his party together and extend this grotesque regime for a few more years - Morton that he could do a hell of a lot of damage in a very short amount of time.<BR/><BR/>Just based on demographics the conservative movement's wave is receding in Alberta as it is all over North America. The Conservatives are an endangered species. I sincerely believe Morton would push them into the tar pits sooner rather than later, as Bush has the Republicans. <BR/><BR/>Ralph Nader took a lot of flack in 2000 for suggesting that a Bush presidency might help 'highlight the contradictions'. Morton can't do nearly as much damage as Bush did - except perhaps to his party.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487395482670731681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1164949825689286532006-11-30T22:10:00.000-07:002006-11-30T22:10:00.000-07:00Endorsing Morton is a pretty risky game to play. A...Endorsing Morton is a pretty risky game to play. At worst, he doesn't split the party the way you think, nor lose as badly as you say.<BR/><BR/>At best, he sets off a dynamic that would make the Liberals the new caudillo as the PCs crumble and the Liberals scare everyone into voting strategically *cough* er, stupidly, continuing Alberta's pattern of one party politics.<BR/><BR/>I'd rather see Dinning. I'm guessing he'd do just the right amount of damage to the PCs to set off a dynamic where every Albertan will feel they can vote their heart (as I described <A HREF="http://www.redfez.net/christine/thoughtinterrupted/?p=59" REL="nofollow">here</A>).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1164942689323505112006-11-30T20:11:00.000-07:002006-11-30T20:11:00.000-07:00Don't rub it in!Don't rub it in!Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487395482670731681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-1164901206423587522006-11-30T08:40:00.000-07:002006-11-30T08:40:00.000-07:00It must be so hard for you guys to constantly be o...It must be so hard for you guys to constantly be offered no alternative out there. <BR/><BR/>No matter what shade of blue you pick to paint your house with, it still looks cold and dark. <BR/><BR/>Yuck!K-Doughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07135620257050561891noreply@blogger.com