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Unlike either of the other two political party leaders who spoke to The Telegram at the end of 2014, Liberal Leader Dwight Ball says he spends a lot of time preparing for the next election. Also unlike his opponents, Ball and his Liberals held a pretty steady, unremarkable pace throughout the year.

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Liberal leader Dwight Ball says he's fine with being known for taking a low-key approach to the job.

The NDP had their troubles, and at times the PCs seemed to lurch from one disaster to the next, but Ball says it was a conscious effort for his party to stick to our own knitting and try not to react too much to whatever political storm happened to be underway on any given day.

That cautious approach has served the Liberals well they won five straight byelections this year, and they lead in the polls by a comfortable margin over the governing Tories.

But Balls approach has also led to consistent criticism that he and the Liberals dont really stand for much of anything.

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Ball says he has lots of policy just dont ask him about the budget

Ball talked to The Telegram just a couple of days after Finance Minister Ross Wiseman revealed that the province is on track for a $916 million deficit.

Asked repeatedly what he thinks about the fiscal situation, Ball always ended up responding by talking about something else, or speaking in vague terms.

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Liberals hope slow and steady wins the race