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    Monday, November 27




    There is a decent chance you've never heard of Ed Stelmach. If Dave Hancock got the best line in at the all-candidates debate of "if you've never heard of me, it's because I haven't screwed up" then Ed is virtual paragon of solid performance. Leaving aside the normal campaign rhetoric that Ed is a solid guy full of honesty and integrity (and he is), Ed is the perfect choice to lead the PC's. He knows how to campaign, get people interested (spend five minutes with him and you'll understand), and most importantly grow our party to be one of innovation and inclusion.

    This campaign is about to get very dirty, very quickly, and the best way to rise above the mud that is about to be slung is to reject the negative politics and look at our future - that's what the best ideas in this campaign have been all about, and what Ed represents. Far from being the best of a poor lot remaining on the ballot, Ed is the one person who gave me pause over working for Dave Hancock, and I'm glad to see him within striking distance.
     posted by Duncan @ 10:08 PM  

    9 Comments:

    • At 11:13 PM, Blogger c-lo said…

      Hey I saw you quoted somewhere today... maybe canada.com

       

    • At 11:23 PM, Blogger Duncan said…

      Yeah - Edmonton Journal.

       

    • At 11:34 PM, Blogger Allie said…

      "No matter who wins, repairing the wounds this contest may cause the party is a heady task," said Duncan Wojtaszek, an Edmonton PC constituency association president.

      "In droves is a relative term but do I think some people? Yeah, I think some people would leave under Dinning or Morton," the Stelmach supporter said. "But really the idea is how good a leader would Dinning or Morton or even Stelmach be at uniting the party at the end. What are the first steps they’re going to make to ensure we remain a big-tent party."

       

    • At 11:36 PM, Blogger Feynman and Coulter's Love Child said…

      Just hope that you don't discover your local police force violating regulations. Ed Stelmach doesn't care...even when they happen to be his own regulations.

       

    • At 7:41 AM, Blogger Duncan said…

      There is a large world of difference between speed trap regulations and all the other ones.

       

    • At 7:54 AM, Blogger Allie said…

      If people break the law they should get caught.

       

    • At 3:30 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

      I spent ten minutes with him at an event and I was anything but interested. He spent the whole time nodding and saying "yup" without adding anything substantial to the conversation.

      He may be a nice guy, but he's not someone who's going to appeal to a lot of people who aren't already committed party members.

      Parties get in trouble when they start thinking of what's best for the party and party unity, not what's best for the province.

      But hey, if Ed's such a nice guy, he should have lots of ex-MLAs and party workers to keep him company in the unemployment line after this general election or the next.

       

    • At 5:02 PM, Blogger Duncan said…

      Not every politician is "on" 24/7, so I don't want to dissect your ten minutes with Ed, or anyone else for that matter. But I do agree that party unity at the expense of the province is not what is required. But growing our party is good for the province, and essential for an election without Ralph.

      And given that Ed has one of the greatest personal followings in his constituency I've ever seen, I don't think the unemployment line is his destiny.

       

    • At 9:44 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

      "I spent ten minutes with him at an event and I was anything but interested. He spent the whole time nodding and saying "yup" without adding anything substantial to the conversation."

      Sounds like you were being an idiot and he was just trying to be polite by not pointing it out.

       

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