tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post3239549691023802922..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Can Christy Clark learn any lessons from Alison Redford?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-20362015572287247582012-04-24T17:31:04.913-04:002012-04-24T17:31:04.913-04:00Fighting with a more extreme version of yourself i...Fighting with a more extreme version of yourself is a losing battle.<br /><br />Clark should take the absolute centre, drive out the SoCons, keep the FiCons, and suck up as many social Libs as possible. Play nice with the feds, placate the left, and play the long game.<br /><br />BC is essentially split down the middle, as far as partisans are concerned. Clark runs the risk of being a Dion if she runs too far to either side.DavidAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01300436156839339184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-86853436957175806742012-04-24T16:01:53.584-04:002012-04-24T16:01:53.584-04:00Not an entirely comparable situation (The so-calle...Not an entirely comparable situation (The so-called "Liberal" party in B.C. is a rather strange hybrid after all), but there are some similarities involved. <br /><br />The smart move for Clark would be to write off the old Socred elements of the party's rural base (which are moving in droves to the BC Conservatives in any case) and tack more to the center-left, attracting moderate liberals and those who would otherwise be culled by the NDP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com