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The only thing surprising about Rachel Notley receiving an approval rate of 97.8 per cent at the NDP convention on the weekend is that 2.2 per cent of delegates voted against her.

I mean, how could any New Democrat vote against Notley who virtually single-handedly won the 2015 provincial election to install Alberta’s first NDP government?

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You have to stretch your imagination to figure out why there was even one naysayer in the crowd.

Are they members of the right-wing “Kudatah” fulfilling their promise to stage a Trojan horse overthrow of Notley?

Are the 2.2 per cent simply confused members who accidentally voted “yes” for a leadership race thinking they were voting “yes” for Notley’s leadership?

Or, are they the cranky uber-lefty types who think Notley should shut down the oilsands, rip up the pipelines and collectivize the farms?

I personally like the Kudatah theory because I’d hate to think one of the most ridiculous and entertaining political “movements” in Alberta history has fizzled out.