I don't think of conservatives as bad, Craig. Their federal leader started here with a radical conservative rump on the prairies, proposing a firewall from the rest of Canada, sucked in progressives to form a big-tent Conservative Party of Canada, broke every promise except one: Canada would be a different place when he was finished with it---and it is, sadly. Conservatives bailing out leave the party with 25 per cent less support than when it started. That's not bad. My closest gunning buddies are true-blue Tories. One has a big $41.50 sign on his lawn: "I am a conservative but I'm voting against Harper."