The math is fairly irrefutable. Mr. Harper has base support of 32-34% of the voting public up maybe from 29-31% when he first credibly came on the scene. His wiggle room takes him to 38-39.999% depending on how much he has or hasn't done something that makes people nervous - telling folks to buy stocks in a crashing market, not caring for the Arctic melt. But you have to hand it to the guy that he knows how to roll. So far little lands even if he is not able to take long weekends and leaving the country is out of the question due to the kids not being able to be left with the keys to the house.

Which is why I just don't see a US style conservative tea party rocking our Conservative government over the prorogue. Canadians don't rally around a Facebook page even if they waste hours on it at work. We prefer to snicker at the idea of holding off government in favour of the Olympics fully aware that the gods will send rain and make it a misery. But while we like a joke, we also like centrist administration if not bland stability and Mr. Harper has given us bland stability so far even as he looks in a mirror alone in a room, dismissing decisions as merely routine.

There will not be a tea party. The outrage has only caused planning meetings. But I am not sure that Mr. Harper will get to choose the date of his own retirement either. It's like we are waiting to get a better shot on net, biding our time.