the main upside to Christy is she is a placeholder keeping the Campbell fiscal policies in place.  Because of these specific policies, BC has thrived and our unemployment the lowest in Canada.  The fact is, if the NDP gets in and jacks up taxes and spending as they promise, we will have to support an extra 200,000+ unemployed people on government support cheques within 4 years.  Fact is every time the NDP got in power in the past, the unemployment rate soared.  Bottom line: the people, our government and our social institutions are derived from the prosperity of private business alone, and BC is lucky we can best afford it due to the BCLiberal fiscal policies encouraging small business to thrive.