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Rocky Mountain House — With a little more than two weeks until the unite-the-right vote, here’s the question that’s keeping officials of the Wildrose and Progressive Conservatives awake at night.

What happens if a clear majority of the two parties vote for a merger July 22, but the deal still fails because it gets less than the 75 per cent approval needed from Wildrose members?

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That would be a nightmare scenario for officials who are desperate to get a merger approved and who are just as desperate to avoid a civil war between the two conservative parties should the merger fail.

That’s why they’re trying to find a Plan B.

We got a glimpse of their thinking Tuesday in Rocky Mountain House when about 150 people turned up for a 90-minute meeting organized by PC Leader Jason Kenney at the gymnasium of the Rocky Christian School.

These are people so fed up with the NDP government that they’d rather spend an hour and a half inside a school gymnasium listening to politicians than outside enjoying a glorious summer evening.