Hello again.
I would like to offer an apology of sorts to those of you who have been faithfully checking Alberta Alliance Watch throughout the course of the summer. I have no real reason for failing to update you on the latest developments and gossip coming from the armpits of Alberta's body politic. The best I can offer in terms of an excuse is that - unlike most Alberta Alliance members - I have a life. Do you honestly think I am going to give up part of my summer blogging about something like the Alberta Alliance Party?
Get frikkin' real!
Besides, what is there to say or blog about? According to the latest public opinion polls, the Alberta Alliance is still trapped at a crummy 5% support amongst Albertans:
When respondents were asked which political party they would most likely vote for, 46 per cent said they would back a Dinning Conservative party, compared with 15 per cent for Kevin Taft's Liberals and eight per cent for Brian Mason's NDP.The Green party and Paul Hinman's Alberta Alliance rounded out the mainstream parties with five per cent each.
That exactly parallels the level of support the Alliance was attracting back on April 4. You can read about that here.
The Alliance polled 9% during the last provincial election in 2004, and managed to win one seat. With a measly 5% support, the Alliance would be goners if an election were held today.
I think it's time for the Alberta Alliance to admit that its little experiment is a bust.
Albertans just don't care about the party.
Why don't all you Alliance members just move on and do something constructive with your time and efforts?
