EDMONTON — Are we having fun yet?

With just two days left in a 28-day campaign, Progressive Conservative leader Alison Redford faces the possibility of losing her party’s 41-year grasp on power, but the pressure doesn’t seem to bother her.

She says she is having fun.

Despite polls suggesting the likelihood of either a Wildrose majority or minority and a particularly nasty campaign filled with personal attacks, Redford says she wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

“It’s been fun,” she said following a raucous breakfast rally with several hundred party workers at Edmonton’s Expo Centre. “Being in a room like this with all these people talking about Alberta, listening to what Albertans have been saying, for me, it’s really energizing. I enjoy it.

“It’s something that is a tremendous privilege. It’s an experience I have never had before and I have enjoyed every minute of it.”

She remains confident she can extend the Tory dynasty and continue the legacy of the four PC premiers before her.

“We’re going to continue to be positive and constructive and talk about health and education and infrastructure and our place in the world and we’re very optimistic for Monday.”

Despite a bumpy start to the campaign, Redford said her party has been able to get its message out to voters.

“Our message has been consistent; our candidates’ message has been consistent,” she said. “There is certainly a lot of work that happens in a campaign where there are ups and downs. I have been very proud of the way we’ve been able to continue talking about investing in Alberta’s future.”

For the final days of the campaign she said she will keep doing what she has been doing all along “because what we’re talking about is a positive message about the future of Alberta.”

She charged up her troops after 24 PC candidates and PC Senator Scott Tannas were introduced with cheers and high fives.

“We’ve dreamed, we’ve hoped and we’ve thought what we want our future to be,” she said. “We can decide today what Alberta can look like in 20 or 30 years.”.

During her speech, she never mentioned the Wildrose which seems poised to wrestle power from the Conservatives.

But candidate Stephen Khan, who introduced her made a veiled reference to the Wildrose and its controversies in a speech to supporters and fellow candidates.

“While others in this campaign have abandoned society’s deeply held values of respect and tolerance you stood firm in saying ‘That is not my Alberta.’”

Redford was later asked about complaints made to Elections Alberta about the Wildrose busing voters to the advance polls in Calgary-Klein.

“We have heard about that, but we have Elections Alberta in place,” she said. “I am sure they will do their job and I would just ask everyone to remember that we need to keep a civilized tone and follow the rules.”

dhenton@calgaryherald.com