Well, 75% of Wildrose members and 50% of PC members have to approve the deal. That's not a given. And now the Alberta Party is trying to grab all those disaffected Progressives.

I'm still betting this deal is nixed by the rank and file, leaving Kenney as leader of a party he wanted to destroy.

Rona Ambrose would be an interesting choice to lead a new party. Kenney has been a disappointment.

But then what? the Right in Alberta keep blaming Notley and before her Redford for problems that are systemic to a boom/bust economy which refuses to plan accordingly.

Honestly, when times are good, Alberta tells the rest of Canada it has all the answers. (What? Have oil underground???) When times are bad, they attack each other and blame everyone but themselves.

I have family in Edmonton and Calgary. And, trust me, they've become politically fickle in the past decade. Don't count the NDP out. And keep an eye on the Alberta Party.