CPC: When You Continually Grouse About Something It Means That You Feel Threatened By It.

And so it goes when it comes to the Battle River-Crowfoot by-election, which will take place next month. The leader is repeatedly complaining about the long ballot as undemocratic and is writing to the government to propose a bill to outlaw it. Ha, ha, ha. This guy is totally intimidated by it and probably thinks that the other candidates could siphon off so many votes that his win will look like a ridiculous and underachieving outcome. 

We all know how things go in Alberta CPC circles: wins come in north of seventy percent, with some MPs getting over eighty percent of the vote. That won't happen with this leader. Even in AB, people are sick of his face and the fact that he's nothing more than a tired career politician. Add to that a personality that leaves people indifferent, if not hostile, to the leader. The only warm feelings this guy generates are in the shower.

So, watch that number and see if it comes in even below Joe Clark territory. I'm predicting a win with thirty-five percent of the vote, as a lot of the protest vote scatters across the spectrum. Nothing below seventy percent will be good for his continued leadership. This is a weak leader who gets intimidated easily and then whines about it. He's nothing like Harper, and it shows. 

Stay tuned because fun times are ahead. Will he still be party leader after the byelection? I think so. But what about after the review? It will depend on his number and where Carney sits in the polls. If the Liberals break out between now and then, our leader will be gone shortly after the review number is announced. Carney must pray every night for the leader to stay in place. Can't say that I blame him. LOL.