Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Pretending It's Interesting
Edmonton-Beaumont's a "wildcard", sez CBC Calgary. Pardon me while I snort this water I'm drinking out of my nose.
Edmonton-Beaumont was *never* a Liberal seat. It was a David Kilgour seat (and David Kilgour's credentials as a Liberal MP were a little questionable themselves), from the time he was elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1979 to the time earlier this year when he announced, as an independent, that he'd decided that eight elections were enough. Without Kilgour, the Liberals won't even come close to retaining the riding - they'll come closer to capturing Edmonton-Strathcona (where by "closer to", I mean "within ten thousand votes of", which is more than can be said for any other riding in Edmonton excepting Landslide Annie's Edmonton-Centre riding).
It's time we come to face with facts: except for the perenially tight Edmonton-Centre, there are no "ridings to watch" in our entire province. It's fortunate that both of our neighbours look to be more interesting.
Coming up: how come nobody's soft on crime anymore?
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Edmonton-Beaumont's a "wildcard", sez CBC Calgary. Pardon me while I snort this water I'm drinking out of my nose.
Edmonton-Beaumont was *never* a Liberal seat. It was a David Kilgour seat (and David Kilgour's credentials as a Liberal MP were a little questionable themselves), from the time he was elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1979 to the time earlier this year when he announced, as an independent, that he'd decided that eight elections were enough. Without Kilgour, the Liberals won't even come close to retaining the riding - they'll come closer to capturing Edmonton-Strathcona (where by "closer to", I mean "within ten thousand votes of", which is more than can be said for any other riding in Edmonton excepting Landslide Annie's Edmonton-Centre riding).
It's time we come to face with facts: except for the perenially tight Edmonton-Centre, there are no "ridings to watch" in our entire province. It's fortunate that both of our neighbours look to be more interesting.
Coming up: how come nobody's soft on crime anymore?
