tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13965259.post-24583358071936222902008-01-02T23:11:00.000-07:002008-01-02T23:11:00.000-07:002008-01-02T23:11:00.000-07:00I 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.<BR/><BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>Shame, a crying shame, indeed.Werner Patelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434442702660664636noreply@blogger.com