The leader of our Provincial Liberals, the top politician in our province, our Premier, has resigned and we are in for some interesting times. His numbers in the polls and some rumblings within his caucus were the cause of this and it will be interesting to see who steps forward to take his place. It will have to be someone who can distance himself from the Premier and from the hated HST which brought discontent to a head. Because Mr. Campbell was seen as a top down leader, a one man show, this may not be too difficult, but time will tell. Someone from outside the party would stand the best chance at winning voter's confidence back.
In the history of our province, the socialist party has only ever gained power when the right of center vote was split. There is a danger of that happening now. The new leader of the Liberal party, which in reality is a coalition of anti-NDP politicians, will have to be able to gel these factions in order to fend off the NDP. There is a certain mayor of Surrey that I think has a chance of fitting the requirements I have just outlined. We shall see what happens.
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