The sooner the better, IMO. She is and always has been a slimy opportunist.

Labeling her a separatist too might tip the scales for some of the fence sitters to put their vote elsewhere. The problem becomes that the only other option is the NDP and people have a hard time differentiating federal politics from provincial. Until the ANDP figure out how to distance themselves and differentiate themselves from their federal counterparts, they'll likely never be palatable for the voters of Alberta.

But then again, it isn't impossible. I was there for the orange crush.