This Week in Alberta Politics - Week 1902 of Tory Reign
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Sicko
Health care was a big topic this week, with the Liberals promising Calgary a cancer centre and the Tories promising that Calgary health care workers will be paid.
Big Budget Films
Both the Alberta Liberals and PCs release platform costing with more plot holes than I Know Who Killed Me.
I Am Legend
The lifetime achievement award is presented this year to Pierre Trudeau. Apparently, he haunts Ed still:
"There is a fundamental difference in philosophy between Progressive
Conservatives and Liberals. The Liberals believe in taxing it, spending it, controlling it," Stelmach told the crowd. "Albertans don't want a government-planned economy. The (Pierre) Trudeau Liberals tried it, and we know how well that worked."
Pressed after the speech why he decided to go negative in his campaigning -- something he vowed not to do -- Stelmach said he's fed up with the opposition "getting away with policies that make no sense for all Albertans." Asked whether it's fair to compare Taft and the Alberta Liberals to Trudeau, Stelmach paused and said: "They carry the same label."
Best Director
Stelmach certainly had the best coaching for Thursday's debate. He looked straight ahead and robotically stuck to his talking points, regardless of what was asked of him.
"Mr. Stelmach, what is your favourite colour?"
"We have a plan that provides change Albertans can trust in plan form. Jean Chretien wants to steal your oil money."
And, you know what, it worked. He may have been Knocked Up and it may have been Superbad, but expectations were so low that merely surviving was enough.
The "We'll find a way for Al Gore to win something" Award
The Alberta Liberals out-green the Greens and get top marks for their environmental platform.
Best Short Film
Youtube heats up this week - Daveberta has a good round up here. Albertans for Change and the PCs have launched dueling commercials:
The People's Choice Awards
Ipsos, Angus Reid, and Leger have released poll numbers, which average out:
PC 45.2%
Lib 29.6%
NDP 10.9%
All 8.4%
Green 5.9%
While these results are similar to 2004, with the Liberals up in Calgary and the PCs up in Edmonton, there could be a few ridings switching hands on the third. And with Stelmach's leadership and momentum numbers still weak, and the "time for a change" sentiment sky high, things could shift. But the clock is ticking.
The Razzie Goes To...
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach stood in front of 200 Tory supporters Monday and promised to limit annual tuition increases to the rate of inflation. But he got no applause from the partisan crowd.
Other Movies
The Bucket List: After being an MLA for 15 years and staring political death in the eye, Ed promises to do all the things he never did when he had the chance to.
Definitely, Maybe: Ed Stelmach's solution to the climate change problem.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age: A look back at a time before democracy when you could actually have a 45 year reign...
Transformers: After 37 years in power, the PCs try to run on a "change" platform.
UPDATE: Glad to see that rapid response is alive and well in Alberta. After taking a quick shot at ALP (and PC) costing above, the Liberal war room fired me off an early morning (especially in Alberta) detailed costing chart and some more examples of fund reallocation. I’m no economist, but it certainly looks like they did their homework on this one.
And, I certainly would expect them to spend less than the PCs, who boosted spending by 17% in last spring's budget...
Labels: Alberta Election
8 Comments:
The Angus - Reid poll looks good for my team: ahead ot the NDP! Unfortunately, the NDP would probably still get 3rd in votes across the province if this held up on election day since they are running candidates in more than 20 additional ridings.
Wildrose Alliance candidate, Edm Beverly - Clareview (www.bdell.ca)
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Brian Dell, at 12:38 a.m.
the poll sez it all.
buh-bye K. Taft.
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Unknown, at 12:23 p.m.
Well Brian, that's what happens when you recruit on FreeDominion, isn't it? Next time you should read what else they've said there before you accept them.
Did you really think it was a good idea to have a misogynist, gay and Muslim-hating candidate who used the Danish cartoon as his avatar?
I'd say you're lucky the media didn't pick up on his candidacy/non-candidacy, but I think it would be more accurate to say they just don't care who runs for your party, let alone who you have to remove.
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Reality Bites, at 1:37 p.m.
Reality Isn't Nearly As Witty As It Thinks It Is: Did you really think it was a good idea to have a misogynist, gay and Muslim-hating candidate who used the Danish cartoon as his avatar?
I don't know anything about the candidate you're referring to, but are you really suggesting that he/she is responsible for 19 other potential Wildrose candidates deciding not to run?
And if not, I suggest you go start your own post/comment thread on the subject, instead of trying to hijack this one.
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Anonymous, at 9:38 p.m.
I'm not suggesting anything of the sort. The contrary in fact. The Wild Rose alliance was well aware of their former candidate's views, as two of their fairly high profile people are regular posters there, and Brian went there to recruit.
They had no problem having that person as a candidate... until they realized other people knew about his past as well.
And finally, I think it's up to Dan to decide when his threads are being hijacked, not you. If you want to play blog-cop you can always police the comments on your own blog, although I notice you don't seem to attract many.
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Reality Bites, at 11:59 a.m.
And finally, I think it's up to Dan to decide when his threads are being hijacked, not you.
Your grasp of the obvious astounds me.
If you want to play blog-cop you can always police the comments on your own blog, although I notice you don't seem to attract many.
You wound me.
Brian Dell commented on CalgaryGrit's polling analysis, saying that they looked good for the Wildrose Alliance, but also that the Greens had an advantage on election day due to more candidates.
You then claimed "that's what happens when you recruit on FreeDominion", implying that this "misogynist, gay and Muslim-hating candidate" either caused them to lose other candidates, or caused them to rise in the polls.
Or more likely, you just wanted an excuse to nurse a pre-existing grudge you hold towards Brian and/or his party. In other words, hijack the thread.
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