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Where were the 'good Conservatives,' prepared to speak against their party's race-baiting tactics?
David J. Climenhaga | Picking victims to drum up votes: This is a problem that's become bigger than just Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and only Conservatives can get their own house in order.
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Brent Rathgeber
Independent MP Brent Rathgeber gives former Tory insider's take on the sins of Harper PMO
David J. Climenhaga | Conservative Michael Cooper again refuses to answer questions in local forum about his views on reproductive rights.
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Rob Anderson
Former Wildrose House leader Rob Anderson to test blogging as a cure for politics
David J. Climenhaga | Once prominent Wildrose MLA vows to tell it like it is and expose "cult-like practice" of political parties in new blog.
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Michael Cooper
A political oddity hits the big time -- but what do we really know about Michael Cooper?
David J. Climenhaga | As Michael Cooper was being chosen by local Conservatives as their candidate in St. Albert-Edmonton, national media seems to have adopted Independent MP and former Tory Brent Rathgeber as a mascot.
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Thomas Lukaszuk
Ex-leadership candidate Thomas Lukaszuk vows to pen tell-all book on Alison Redford's rule
David J. Climenhaga | A former Alberta deputy premier says he is about to write a "behind the scenes" book on his time under the leadership of Alison Redford.
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Jason Kenney
'Targeted exemptions' for TFWs -- Tory fund-raiser, backyard maquiladoras, or both?
David J. Climenhaga | Why so little effort to find Canadian employees by firms crying to set up backyard maquiladoras? Just asking…
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Brent Rathgeber
The horror! MP Brent Rathgeber on the nightmare of too few TFWs
David J. Climenhaga | No Alberta business has ever failed because of a shortage of TFWs and no Alberta business ever will.
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Brent Rathgeber
Brent Rathgeber may not be a Tory, but he still supports the Harper government's worst ideas
David J. Climenhaga | Progressive people in St. Albert should vote with their hearts and their minds for the parties they believe in. And that means they should not vote for Brent Rathgeber.
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David Eggen
Edmonton New Democrat David Eggen is first to join Alberta's only interesting political leadership race
David J. Climenhaga | There will be those who scoff at the suggestion the NDP will ever again be the Opposition in Alberta, but you’ve got to be an optimist to be a social democrat in this province.
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Rex Murphy and David Climenhaga
Future bleak for Brent Rathgeber's CBC disclosure bill; less so for Rex Murphy's commentaries
David J. Climenhaga | Perhaps it's not to late for MP Brent Rathgeber to slip a clause into his private member's bill requiring the CBC to publish its freelance commentators' speaking fees!
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Brent Rathgeber
Independent Alberta MP Brent Rathgeber eyes formation of party as fund-raising vehicle
David J. Climenhaga | Media darling Brent Rathgeber has floated the idea of forming his own political party to assist with fund-raising activities. The Independent Alberta MP promises to consult his constituents.
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Ryan Hastman
Rising Tory interest in St. Albert-Edmonton nomination could set stage for something different!
David J. Climenhaga | If a New Democrat beats both Ryan Hastman and Brent Rathgeber, each for a second time, in 2015, it'll be one for the Guinness Book of World Records!