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It’s enough to make you feel all squishy inside, depending, of course, on your political persuasion.

United Conservatives will be thrilled, not so much the supporters of every other political party, particularly the NDP.

Public opinion polls indicate the UCP is leading in Calgary and everywhere else outside of Edmonton. And in Edmonton, the UCP is nipping at the NDP’s heels.

For Kenney to say he’s focused on Edmonton is not empty political rhetoric.

The capital region is the one place left for him to grow.

Kenney is already counting down the days, pointing out the election is just 10 months, or 300 days, away (assuming the election is held in May — and that’s a pretty safe assumption).

“These 10 months will be 10 of the most important in the history of Alberta’s democracy,” said Kenney as he called his supporters to action — and gave them a bit of a lecture about the need for “discipline.” The word popped up enough times to make you think he should have delivered the speech with a whip in one hand.

“Over these 10 months how we act — whether we conduct ourselves with that discipline, the ideas that we present for renewing the Alberta Advantage, the candidates that you nominate — these are critical decisions that will determine whether and to what extent we have a mandate.”

Kenney is appealing for discipline particularly when it comes to the internal battles for UCP nominations.

Some of the contests have become bitter fights and just last week the party forced a would-be candidate out of the nomination race in Brooks-Medicine Hat for posting hateful social media messages about Muslims.