Further to the story of Ed Stelmach’s plunging poll numbers, comes a surprisingly candid explanation from his spokesman, Tom Olsen:

The reason the dramatic plunge is “believable,” according to Olsen, is that “hundreds of thousands of new Albertans don’t know the history of Progressive Conservative governments in this province and are spending their time assessing what they see.”

Yes, you heard that correctly. According to the office of the Premier, the reason Stelmach’s poll numbers are dropping is because people are actually looking at the party rather than blindly following the PC brand name.