Is it good enough to say, “This choice is the best, and only choice we have?”

Is it good enough to say, “This choice 

is the best, and only choice we have?”

BC Liberal MLA John Rustad recently asked the question; “If the Wildrose wins a big majority in Alberta, what impact do you think it might have in Canadian politics or on other provinces?”

It’s a good question, and at the time of writing this (Sunday afternoon), I don’t know what the results of tomorrows General Election in Alberta are, or will be.  It did however generate a number of responses.

Bill K. stated, “The West is blue… and it`s proven that Canadian political parties don`t need Quebec to get a majority any more. The decades of Eastern domination are over and political parties no longer have to suck up to Quebec.”

Followed by Bryan V. who commented, “After years of Conservative governments, the transition will be slow, could take another term in office. The first term for the B.C. Liberals was transition and organization. I never did like a 2 horse race to the wire. Not exciting”

Not wanting to be left out of the discussion I posted, “I believe it will indeed continue into BC. The results Thursday showed people not only want change -- they want choice. This is something, in all due respect, that Christy Clark has yet to realize.”

Kurt Langmann, who is the Editor in Chief of the Aldergrove Star chimed in by saying, “Interesting times ahead if projections and trends continue. A "firewall" Alberta vs an NDP B.C., a PQ Quebec, and serious economic problems in Ontario and Manitoba. Who would ever have thought that Saskatchewan and Nfld might become the nation's bright lights?”

That was just the start, as many comments followed by a number of people:

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.