The Alberta Election

[mustardman]

Finally Politics in Alberta is getting interesting. Instead of having Another Coronation there will be an Election.

The Problem with Alberta politics is landslide Majority Governments - YOU NEED Opposition parties to keep everyone on Track and prevent the Entitlement atitude.

[littledoggie]

For a really good poll see:
threehundredeight.blogspot.ca

[Burbert]

Politics is mostly a bullsh-t,
popularity contest. They'll say or do
anything ta get elected. THEN the lies
and cheating really begin. Politicos
are only in the game ta feather either
own nests, er get some zoning changed so
somebody close kin get a leg up on the
rest. Corruption and more corruption is
the name of the game, after all, ifn
yous a backbencher, what the f@#k else
is there ta due, besides votin the party
line, or get whipped????? Go Hellberta
go, wes Comedian democracy at it worst!

[lnewman]

Whats going to happen to the wild rose if Danielle
Loses Highwood . Is there any other candidates who
can lead the wild rose or is it a one person party?

[per]

I guess that would mean the good people of Highwood decided that their local hockey buddy would be a better choice than the possibility of the Minister that picks the Cabinet and leads the province.

[charliep]

One thing I would watch is voter turnout and the ability of the parties to bring their supporters to the polling stations. I suspect this will have as much impact as anything else in the final results. Albertans are engaged in this election.

[per]

Advanced polls are running at least double the pace of last year so far.

[ASRG]

308 election predictions has Smith at 56.7% and Barlow at 30.4 %. Don't know how accurate that is but they claim about a 91% success rate in other elections.
I'd be more concerned about Redford losing her riding?
Yesterday at Innisfail they were lined up at the advance poll outside the building...usually a heavy turnout at the advanced polls isn't good news for an incumbent.
There definitely is a tightening up as the PCs sling the gay/abortion mud. Hopefully people aren't dumb enough to get sidetracked from a corrupt government that intends to keep spending like a bunch of drunken sailors!

[Gofer]

I'm setting up signs for our PC candidate because they are a great representative and went through an extensive nomination process. Although I am sympathetic to the WR and was tempted to go that way over the Land Bills fiasco, but WRs candidate was appointed by Danielle (no grassroots or community involvement)and doesn't even live in the constituency !!

We have had the 4X4 and 4X8 signs driven over by a truck, looks like the same guys tracks. Haven't heard of any WR signs damaged. So not too crazy in our area. Hope you catch the culprits in the first instance !

[per]

Not sure where you are Gofer but in Livingstone Macleod, Little Bow and Highwood the WR has had many signs damaged and stolen. The actions of a few idiots should not be the reason to vote or not vote for a candidate. The theft of your property ie. Bill 24 removed the Pore spaces from your portfolio and the the Concentration of power in the Cabinet of the other 3 land use bills and the sheer disregard for what the people asked for in the land use meetings are reasons not to vote for a party. If your candidate was a government member of the PC's I will guarantee he or she voted for all of these bills. The WR offers the ability to vote what the constituency asks for and a stop to deficit financing with introducing a return to balanced budgets. That is a reason to vote for a party.