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Braid: Conservative outsiders once dismissed as cranks are now running Alberta, and loving it

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Bob Braid : These are triumphal times for bedrock Alberta conservatives, most delighted with success.

He says Conservatives have “moved the dial’s dial” on every key issue, from sovereignty-based stands against Ottawa to health care reform.

Braid says Danielle Smith captured the UCP leadership by harnessing the power Morton began to unleash in 2001 .

Morton ran for the PC leadership twice in 2006 and 2011 , losing both times.

“She took not just the Free Alberta strategy, but the Firewall letter and many other thoughts on this, combined them and made them her own, and she’s been very successful with it.” Ted Morton , Danielle Smith , Rob Andersonthree players who were once dismissed as no-hope crackpots. They’ve won and don’t plan to lose again. Don Braid’s column appears regularly in the Herald . X: @DonBraid.

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