Alberta Liberals marginalize themselves for another 5 years
The results are in. The Alberta Liberal Party (ALP) has again chosen to be sidelined in Alberta politics with the recent selection of Dr. David Swann as the new party leader. A real opportunity was lost by not selecting his primary opponent Dave Taylor whose passion is to bring the party more to the centre and make it more electable.
David Swann is by all accounts a nice, approachable and passionate guy with a reasonable amount of political experience. He isn’t, however, someone who will resonate with Alberta voters. The core of the party clearly needs purging as the old guard, who are clearly incapable of mounting a serious alternative to the Conservative machine, continue to endorse and select lame ducks. You would have thought after the disastrous federal Liberal choice of a left-pandering egghead that the ALP would have decided put in someone who stood a chance of changing politics in Alberta. It would seem that the core of the party doesn’t spend enough time talking to the majority of Albertans, preferring mental inbreeding to exploration.
I wish the ALP luck in the future and hope that the next time around the leadership choice stands a chance of actually furthering the election prospects of the party. I wish Dave Taylor much luck in the next provincial election, along with his other opponent Mo Elsahy. There will be another chance to make real change in the party and the province.
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You are obviously frightened of the changes that David Swann wants to make in Alberta, to make it a fair place that is sustainable for future generations.