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Originally Posted by Bdog
While I see your point, a party can't campaign on governing a province while only running in it's main city. Imagine if Notley would have taken than tack last year, or Layton in 2011 (by forgetting about running in Quebec). Having a truly provincial campaign keeps those small constituency associations alive, helps build a province-wide network, and if nothing else, gives future candidates experience and face-time with the electorate.
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The Liberals in Manitoba are nowhere near comparable to the NDP in Alberta or federally in either of those instances. They have no base anywhere. There is no riding that anyone would look at today and say the Liberals should win that riding. They haven't had official party status since 1995. They need to build something somewhere before they can hope to mount a meaningful campaign throughout the province. In observing the campaign so far do you think they are campaigning to govern, even if they say they are?
They have no resources, they can't mount a true campaign and their human capital is arguably more pathetic (Rana). They need a focused direction, some achievable goals and a competent organization on a smaller scale that can act as a foundation before they can even think in Notley or Layton terms.