Canadians sent Harper and his mean politics packing, I can't see how someone like O'Leary can cut it here. As noted with him living in Boston, I don't see how this won't haunt him in the same way Ignatieff was just visiting, so is O'Leary.  If I had to pick a "lesser of evils" between O'Leary and Leitch, I'd go O'Leary but the conservatives would be better off with someone with broader & less divisive appeal, maybe Raitt.