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Bell: Smith in driver's seat after crushing Alberta separatist referendum loss

The separatists lose huge and now it's how Danielle Smith plays the cards she has in this game of high-stakes political poker

Premier Danielle Smith is now in the driver’s seat. 

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All Smith has to do now is grab hold of the wheel and drive. 

We are now getting into the nitty-gritty in a game of high-stakes political poker where Smith must come out and show her hand.

At press time, with some votes still to be counted, the Alberta separatists are losing by about 50 percentage points. 

The polls were right though the separatists claimed they were way out of whack because........

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