Next Premier?

[cowman]

Realistically we all know Morton or Stelmach are not going to win? Really it is Oberg or Dinning?
I like Morton. Maybe because I think he will stand up to Ottawa instead of go hat in hand and lick their boots!
Is Morton a radical?...Or a typical Albertan? An Alberta redneck!
In the end the people will decide...or at least the people who lay down their $5!
I don't see the Liberals or NDP ever forming a government in this province...thank God! It always amazes me that anyone in Alberta would want those clowns in power?

[coppertop]

cowman, in the 1992 leadership contest no-one took Ralph seriously but rural Alberta put him in the leaders chair and it can happen again. Dinning and Oberg are running neck and neck so another candidate could finish third, and pull the support from the bottom of the pack.
If Ed wasn't a serious contender you would not have heard the yowling from both Oberg and Dinning when Ed suggested an Alberta pension plan.
I personally think it would be wonderfull if every working Albertan could contribute not only to CPP but an Alberta plan, and the government would also contribute on a pro rated basis depending on the resource revenue etc. If that isn't a way of giving back to Albertans then I don't know what is.

Ted Morton or anyone else who becomes leader will stand up for Alberta, they will have no choice because I doubt if many of the current or future PC Caucus is going to roll over and play dead if another National Energy Policy is ever hinted at by the east!!

[cowman]

Emerald...Emerald...Emerald...Why would you in your worst nightmare want another government social program?
Another worthless pension that the government is just going to claw back?
My old mother gets four "pensions". Widows, Veterans, old Age, and CPP. She doesn't get one damned cent that isn't clawed back!
Now admittedly she has a few bucks and a good income, but the fact is all the BS of "we're from the government and we're here to help you" is total BS!
And believe me girl...from the amount of income tax you are paying...you are going to be keeping the bums in your old age...not the other way around!

[blackjack]

...i'm goin to vote for the one that says no to the bureaucrats that want a 25 to 65 % raise in their salary...if one just one had the nads to tell the varmits to go look for a job in the private sector if they want more money...he or she would be the one...but i won't hold my breathe too long to see if that would ever happen...

[ivbinconned]

Ed was on your Alberta talk radio show a few days ago and Ted was on today. What a contrast! Ed reminds me of Roy Romano NDP premier of Saskatchewan. Lots of talk but vary vague on everything. Ted in contrast, gave far more specific and thought out responses.

[cowman]

Latest "guestimate" has Dinning at 16% of decided voters, Oberg at 15%, Morton at 4% and Stelmach at 3%!
Bottom line it is Dinning or Oberg. Always like the dark horse...but the fact is 99.9% chance it will be Oberg or Dinning?