{"id":3091,"date":"2011-07-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2011-07-22T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T15:00:00","slug":"this-week-in-alberta-looking-for-a-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=3091","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Alberta &#8211; Looking for a Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0sJkobKuJ8U\/TihXipiy_QI\/AAAAAAAACkg\/IFExYZlMxRI\/s1600\/ALP%2Bcandidates\"><img style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631847586805775618\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0sJkobKuJ8U\/TihXipiy_QI\/AAAAAAAACkg\/IFExYZlMxRI\/s320\/ALP%2Bcandidates\" \/><\/a><br \/>All eyes are on the PC and Liberal leadership races this summer in Alberta. Well, all eyes are on the PC leadership race, and a few eyes are glancing over at the Liberal one every now and then.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the five Liberal candidates held a lively debate in Edmonton on Wednesday &#8211; you can read recaps of it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/Sherman+under+attack+Liberal+debate\/5135673\/story.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/daveberta.ca\/2011\/07\/liberal-leadership-candidates-woo-edmonton-supporters\/\">here<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/news\/Alberta+Liberals+rebuild+party+fortunes\/5122176\/story.html\">Monday&#8217;s debate<\/a> in Calgary appears to have been a bit tamer, but <strong>Laurie Blakeman<\/strong> grabbed some headlines by suggesting the party should only run candidates in the seats it can win.<\/p>\n<p>The ALP also earned some (rare) positive media this week, courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/politicsmustreads\/albertas-liberals-see-signs-of-hope-on-long-road-back-to-viability\/article2101740\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the PC leadership front, <strong>Doug Horner<\/strong>, <strong>Gary Mar<\/strong>, and <strong>Ted Morton<\/strong> lead the way in terms of <a href=\"http:\/\/daveberta.ca\/2011\/07\/mla-support-in-the-alberta-pc-leadership-contest-july-14-2011\/\">caucus support<\/a>. Mind you, given the increasing number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/mobile\/iphone\/story.html?id=5117272\">pot shots <\/a>the candidates have been taking at their own government, it&#8217;s unclear whether or not establishment support is actually a <em>good<\/em> thing.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, for those of you who missed my <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/sixth-annual-politicians-in-cowboy-hats.html\">Stampede Fashion Round-Up<\/a>, here are some bonus pictures:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bV7Dbqw7BS4\/TihXj2j18UI\/AAAAAAAACkw\/A5hBC-ocNlk\/s1600\/taylor\"><img style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631847607479693634\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bV7Dbqw7BS4\/TihXj2j18UI\/AAAAAAAACkw\/A5hBC-ocNlk\/s320\/taylor\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FLbSFujuzE4\/TihXjIfRbwI\/AAAAAAAACko\/BR7vbFif_vE\/s1600\/smith%2Band%2Bhinman\"><img style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631847595112492802\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FLbSFujuzE4\/TihXjIfRbwI\/AAAAAAAACko\/BR7vbFif_vE\/s320\/smith%2Band%2Bhinman\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ypZEil7shEQ\/TihckEASM8I\/AAAAAAAAClA\/0hq2tGPfxDk\/s1600\/bob.JPG\"><img style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631853108646785986\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ypZEil7shEQ\/TihckEASM8I\/AAAAAAAAClA\/0hq2tGPfxDk\/s320\/bob.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CfYsanFyy_U\/TihcjxgKNaI\/AAAAAAAACk4\/sbBZag0SH3E\/s1600\/kenney\"><img style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631853103680206242\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CfYsanFyy_U\/TihcjxgKNaI\/AAAAAAAACk4\/sbBZag0SH3E\/s320\/kenney\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>All photos save the Rae one, courtesy of Jenn Turcott.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes are on the PC and Liberal leadership races this summer in Alberta. Well, all eyes are on the PC leadership race, and a few eyes are glancing over at the Liberal one every now and then. Still, the five Liberal candidates held a lively debate in Edmonton on Wednesday &#8211; you can read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[817,369],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}