If the party wanted to prove to Canadians that first past the post is a superior electoral system to proportional representation, they’ve succeeded.
I don’t know what the party would do otherwise but there are two things that I do know. Absolutely no delegated conventions and I want my vote (which is really the same thing).

I’m watching the CPAC broadcast of the CPC Leadership convention and one thing struck me with Michael Chong’s ten minute speech. He didn’t use the words, “Prime Minister” when he talked about Trudeau. Chong is not alone in this with regards to the Conservative MP’s vying for leadership.
I’ve called Justin a lot of things, but I’m not a politician, I’m not an MP, I’m just a shmuck with access to his wife’s blog.
We can call Trudeau anything we want, Michael Chong and all of the leadership contenders, should not. He is the Prime Minister and if that’s the job you want, you should show a bit of respect for the office.
Update: Erin O’Toole is very good speaking a prepared speech. Lots of not-so-subtle digs at the Cosmo Queen in the PMO. Red meat.
Update: Lisa Raitt with a message Conservatives need to hear, “Which fight is more important, the last one or the coming one?”

Today and tomorrow on CPAC1.
Watch! Listen! Be bored out of your mind between the rounds of voting! Remember, only one candidate will be dropped after each round, so thirteen rounds (or until one candidate gets 16,901 points). Now, this is the age of computers and everyone has voted for each round already, so theoretically, once all the ballots are processed it shouldn’t take long at all to know the winner. That would be a bit anti-climactic though so you can bet there will be Speeches! (boring) Cheers! (boring) Policy panels! (boring)
Can’t they just just email us?
Or to better pass the time, help them count the votes: