What on earth is up with the Canadian Alliance?

At a time when political conditions ought to be perfect for Stephen Harper's party, it languishes at roughly 15 per cent in national support, barely a third of that enjoyed by a tired third-term government led by a prime minister who has clearly overstayed his welcome.

What's up with the Canadian Alliance? Well, um, for starters, they're really boring and irrelevant. Plus, they've lost the "Stockwell Day Train-wreck" factor that so mesmerized the Canadian public a couple of years ago. So, while the NDP and the Conservatives are quietly marshalling forces, doing what they have to, and at least pretending to oppose the Liberals, and Chretien's people are finding new and amusing ways to piss off the United States, the CA is sitting on its collective bottom like a lump. I actually cannot remember the last time I heard an Alliance MP say anything at all, on any issue.