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The success Premier Scott Moe has enjoyed in his first year and a half on the job has largely been due to preserving Brad Wall’s brand of a Saskatchewan Party that puts people’s interests ahead of even its own politics.

Whatever his shortcomings either by the end of his 10-year tenure as Saskatchewan premier or in his new role as a lobbyist for oil interests, no one will question Wall’s focus was on putting people before the party. And he was even better at surrounding himself with operatives who recognized the importance of at least the perception of “people first” in this province.

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Moe has been a firmly rooted guy who surely gets this. One might have excused his ludicrous battles with Liberal Ralph Goodale this summer as a momentary lapse in judgment that may happen when you get caught up in the pre-election hype.

That Moe and his government seemingly did not recognize it was potentially tainting what might very well be the crowning achievement of this Sask. Party government with its own political hubris may speak to bigger problems looming on the Sask. Party’s horizon.