"Come Gentlemen we have a government to" preserve:

It is reassuring to know that Val Sears still yearns for a Lib-Dipper alliance. But I think what I like best about the article are these paragraphs:

It makes a good many people -- including me -- nostalgic for the days of the old Progressive Conservative Party. It may not have been very progressive but it certainly wasn't scary. You could be sure the country would survive a few years of Toryism while the "natural governing party" learned what Opposition was like.

I'm suspicious of the new, moderate, well-groomed Harper. If he can throw out established neo-Conservative fundamentalist principles, could he not junk moderate policy as well? With a majority, nothing could stop him and I'm sure it would take decades to repair the damage.