Being well educated & able to think critically has become elitist and boorishness & stupidity has become fashionable, that's why the PC party brand is no longer with us, the simple & bigoted Reform brand took over and the results were a strongman like Harper took over and about a dozen Tory hopefuls who don't have what it takes, another buffoon named O'Leary is getting in the game.

Until the voters value thoughtful intelligent leadership, we will not raise the bar anytime soon.