Let's look at the two issues mentioned early on in the article, the payment to Khadr, and the free trade deal with China. The reaction across Canada when this payment was announced was swift and continues and it is not just Conservatives. You don't have to vote Conservative to feel that paying Khadr 10M was out of line. As for the free trade deal with China, poll after poll has shown that people are uncomfortable with a close relationship with China. It's not just Conservatives who have read papers and followed media reports over the years, and it's not just Conservatives who respond to polls.There is certain  arrogance that has been there for some time, that only Liberals have the the right ideas, and everyone else is wrong unless they believe in the one true faith of liberalism. This arrogance brings their defeat at the polls every time when people have had enough. In today's fast moving pace, the arrogance has been accelerated, and the inevitable defeat will be as well.