You cannot fool all of the people all of the time

Tom Flanagan -- hired as Wildrose Party campaign manager

Here’s the headline from a story in today’s Globe and Mail; “Tom Flanagan to run Wildrose campaign in Alberta election”

In part, the story says:

"Former Conservative national campaign manager Tom Flanagan will be running the spring election campaign for Alberta’s Wildrose Party, the latest sign that the allegiances of federal Conservatives are split in the party’s home base.

His hiring shows how Wildrose continues to tap into the Conservative base in its bid to dethrone the more centrist PCs."

I reading this story, I have to look at the situation here in British Columbia and say, much the same thing happening.   

In Alberta, as this story indicates, small "c" conservatives are moving to the Wildrose Party ... while in BC small 'c' conservatives are moving to the re-invigorated BC Conservative Party led by former Reform and Conservative MP John Cummins. 

Momentum seems to be in favor of the BC Conservative Party, as poll after poll in the past year has shown the party growing in strength.  Growing to a point where the last poll conducted had the BC Conservative Party now tied at 23% with the Liberals.

As the old saying goes, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."

I’m Alan Forseth in Kamloops, with the thoughts of one conservative.