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[B. Max]

I think it's gona come down to who do you trust. If it does, that puts Ted Morton as the man.

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[geoffrey]

I think it's gona come down to who do you trust. If it does, that puts Ted Morton as the man.

http://www.770chqr.com/news/news_local.cfm...=news_local.cfm

Ted Morton... the only way the PC's will lose the next election. He's a reactionary hick. No appeal in the Calgary or Edmonton, and guess what, we have the mooooola. So too bad so sad, Morton will not be the next leader. I'd put money on that.

[Jerry J. Fortin]

I think the winner of that contest will be the one who promises to alter the royalty schedules. The leader that brings the Heritage Trust Fund to the table and and suggests that the entire revenue stream needs some sober second thought will have citizens attention. We can no longer afford to screw around in this province, its time to get serious about resource revenue and the environment. Agriculture is another area that will gain some traction. Healthcare and education chew up a big chunck of the budget and the public doesn't want them screwed with unless it will provide better service at less cost, in other words don't even go there.

[B. Max]

I think it's gona come down to who do you trust. If it does, that puts Ted Morton as the man.

http://www.770chqr.com/news/news_local.cfm...=news_local.cfm

Ted Morton... the only way the PC's will lose the next election. He's a reactionary hick. No appeal in the Calgary or Edmonton, and guess what, we have the mooooola. So too bad so sad, Morton will not be the next leader. I'd put money on that.

Ted Morton is a political scientist and constitutional expert, well thought out and well researched. To win the next election will have nothing to do with who might have some kind of slick willy appeal to Calgary or Edmonton or how much money they have because we have the seats.

[kimmy]

Ted Morton is a political scientist and constitutional expert, well thought out and well researched. To win the next election will have nothing to do with who might have some kind of slick willy appeal to Calgary or Edmonton or how much money they have because we have the seats.

"We" have the seats? Which "we" are you talking about?

Combined, Edmonton and its suburbs and Calgary and its suburbs make up 45 of the 82 seats in the legislature.

-k

[B. Max]

Ted Morton is a political scientist and constitutional expert, well thought out and well researched. To win the next election will have nothing to do with who might have some kind of slick willy appeal to Calgary or Edmonton or how much money they have because we have the seats.

"We" have the seats? Which "we" are you talking about?

Combined, Edmonton and its suburbs and Calgary and its suburbs make up 45 of the 82 seats in the legislature.

-k

The suburbs generally vote conservative as opposed to liberal within city boundaries and are not really city friendly. To a large degree a lot of people live there for that reason. Edmonton especially is at odds with the surrounding counties. Some of Edmonton's latest attempted agressions with its surroundings include toll charges for entering the city for non residents, trying to talk county councils into charging their residents extra property tax and then handing it over to Edmonton, trying to stop surrounding counties from building anything within eight clicks of Edmonton city limits. If Olberg or Dinning try to make this between rural and cities they will lose and if one of them wins and is seen as anti rural then I think a lot of people are going to take a serious look at the alliance and that's where the seats are going to come into play. I would say Morton has excellent support from the Montana border to at least Red Deer and likely some pretty good support even in Calgary. North east and west of Edmonton to varying distances is likely also Morton territory. The FT. Mac and Grande Prairie areas are likely key. The highway 43 fiasco and whatever the hells going on with 63 don't exactly make things good for anyone seen to be, or thought to be connected with the old guard.