It wasn't supposed to be like this!

Pity David Swann. The Calgary MD - by all accounts a model of decency and integrity - took over the Alberta Liberal Party in the wake of one of its periodic shellackings at the hands of the Progressive Conservatives. Now, barely two years later, there's evidence that the criticisms his party has been throwing at the government since it became official opposition sixteen years ago are finally starting to stick: the Liberals are tied with Ed Stelmach's governing P.C.s, and ahead of them in both Calgary and Edmonton. Not even the most optimistic prognosticators would have predicted this two years ago.

The bad news? Well...