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Some further thoughts on Kenney-Callaway collusion story. Reading the story, there are lots of names named. With one exception. Kenney clearly took steps to isolate himself from collusion efforts with Callaway. So far, its all of Kenney's men, but not Kenney himself.
Many party leadership races are dirty and nasty. Mulroney vs Clark. Chretien vs Martin. Closer to home Klein vs Betkowski. We even have examples of mid-range candidates coordinating before or after the ballot. But...
I have not seen the level of documentation of collusion between a front runner and a "kamikaze" candidate before. Callaway was recruited, staffed, and given strategic advice by the Kenney team. Sole purpose to attack Brian Jean and then quit race and support Kenney.
So far none of this is illegal, but it sure is unethical. Question that still remains is who financed the Callaway campaign? That is why the RCMP is investigating. Could be violations of election finance rules or it could potentially be criminal activity. We need to wait and see.
Will Albertans care about the internal workings of the UCP? The UCP is going to say no, that the focus is carbon tax, jobs, pipelines, budget deficits. NDP is going to say yes, that what happened in UCP leadership race has trust, entitlement, and corruption issues.
But what about the 30% of UCP members who voted for Brian Jean? What will their reaction be? Do you say it was a hard fought campaign and Kenney beat our guy, now we need to work together to defeat NDP. Or do you say, wait a minute, the fix was in. Kenney's team cheated to win.
And if you are Notley, do you call the election as I suspect on Tuesday morning. Or do you try to wait a few weeks as more details emerge in the UCP leadership race story.
Lots of political intrigue for a Sunday morning. Stay tuned. It is only 8:28am.
