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change sentiment. And after blogging for 8 years, I'm feeling very much the same. What started out as musings on the health of Ontario's manufacturing sector in the dialogue, because going to war with the West is a lot different than going to war with the oilsands - after all, you won't find many save our oilsands protests in front of Libby Davies' Vancouver East constituency office. with Premiers Clark, Redford, and Wall has led to his first patch of negative press since winning the NDP leadership - and rightly so. Calling Premiers who stick up for local industry messengers of Stephen Harper down to the level of Jim Flaherty, who routinely plays the role of Ontario's leader of the opposition shrewd tactical move, or another case of Mulcair not thinking before opening his mouth The first thing to consider is the popularity of the people Mulcair is attacking. We know Brad Wall is more popular than God it's hard to fault Mulcair for alligning himself with the BC Dippers. Even in Saskatchewan, the fallout from attacking Wall might be minimal, as the provincial and federal NDP received similar shares of the popular vote during elections there last year. Just as there are many western voters who share Mulcair's disdain for the oilsands, there are many western voters who nodded in agreement as Mulcair In the broader picture, the trade-off between votes in the East and votes in the West might explain Mulcair's gambit. To form government, the NDP will need to pick up at least 30-50 more seats next election. Of the 50 ridings the NDP came closest to winning in 2011, just 16 are in Western Canada - moreover, there are only four seats in Western Canada the party won by less than 10% last election, suggesting it will take more than a Twitter feud with Brad Wall to bring Mulcair down. So there's an argument to be made for concentrating on eastern voters, if you buy that the NDP's road to 24 Susse* bypas*es the West. If that's the case, Mulcair's salvo on the oilsands might not be the gaffe its being portrayed as, and it won't be the last time he picks a