Comments on The Moderate Separatist: Don't Underestimate Alberta's New Political Force

With all due respect Werner, it's that attitude th...

2008-01-03T06:58:00.000-07:00

With all due respect Werner, it's that attitude that's kept the right in this province fractured for so long. From what I understand, both parties gave something up in order to come together on common ground. Yes, Hinman will be the interim leader but that's only because there won't be enough time for both the merger ratification AND a leadership race before the next election.

I agree, but frankly, I don't see much moulding go...

2008-01-02T23:11:00.000-07:00

I agree, but frankly, I don't see much moulding going on when a party, barely registered as such, disbands and hands the reins to another party (I understand that Hinman will be party leader, and the new party will, in effect, be the same old Alberta Alliance, with the only difference being that it will have a few more (Wildrose) members now.

That won't boost the new or the old party. In my estimation, the new merged party will continue to be stuck at 3-6% in the polls. In other words, it won't do anything to get rid of Stelmach and the stale Tories.

I have not voted Alberta Alliance before (nor have the overwhelming majority of Albertans), and since there is no discernible change in the party as a result of the merger (and there is no such change on the horizon either), I will certainly not vote for it next time either.

That's why I wrote before, with all those options gone (and the hopes of a new and innovative -- and pragmatic as opposed to ideologically driven -- party thoroughly dashed), I'll be left with no other choice but to vote for one of the other parties I listed before.

Shame, a crying shame, indeed.

A party is only as good as its members. This new ...

2008-01-02T23:03:00.000-07:00

A party is only as good as its members. This new entity is just being created - the perfect time to mould. The PCs are too stale and unadaptable.

I understand the 'wet blanket' feeling, but what if you were to actually become active and help to influence the direction of the new party?

No offense, but it's kind of like the guy who complains about the government, yet refuses to vote.

I hate to be a wet blanket, but I see it different...

2008-01-02T21:24:00.000-07:00

I hate to be a wet blanket, but I see it differently. I'd had high hopes and expectations for the Wildrose Party, but recent events convinced me that, sadly, the Wildrose Party won't get my X on election day (and I had planned to vote for them if they got their party off the ground and produced something useful).

Since I cannot vote for the Tories, Liberals or the Wildrose/Alliance party, that leaves me only with the Alberta NDP, Alberta Greens, Social Credit and the Separation Party.

Merging Tweedledum and Tweedledee