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Alberta Election Wildrose

What Went Wrong For The Wildrose?

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.13.2012 | Canada Alberta
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HIGH RIVER, Alta. - Danielle Smith says Albertans decided the Wildrose wasn't ready to lead the province just yet, thinking twice after the party suff...

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Lean Left, Voting PC?

CP | Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.14.2012 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - Alberta's left-leaning voters don't often get much attention given the right-wing's traditional dominance of provincial politics, but there...

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5 Reasons Wildrose May Win In Alberta

CBC | Posted 12.14.2012 | Canada Alberta
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When Alberta voters go to the polls on Monday, they could bring an end to a 41-year Progressive Conservative dynasty and turn to a largely untested gr...

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Alberta's Wildrose Party Must Embrace the "Dirty Harry Gambit"

Gerry Nicholls | Posted 04.16.2012 | Canada Politics
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Gerry Nicholls

The Conservatives played up the idea of building more prisons and enacting tougher laws. The Tories did this because they knew full well that their right-wing "law and order" supporters would love it, but so would ordinary non-ideological voters who just want criminals thrown in jail. I call this ploy, the "Dirty Harry Gambit."

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