My mind is made up

Well, despite my reservations about Harper's bow to establishment conservatism with his centrist, Red Tory platform, I'm going to vote Tory nonetheless. The reason why is because from all indications, he'll get a minority, and the weaker that minority is, the more influence that the socialists will have in Parliament because it looks like Harper is going to reach out to the NDP to prop up his government. So, to help neutralize that in my own little way, I'm going to vote Tory because in my riding, it's going to be close and the local candidate will need all the help he can get.

(You can bet that I'm going to ride the Tories like a $2 whore to point out when and where they are straying into small-l liberal territory over the course of their mandate.)