On thinning competition

Just in case the door to NDP electoral gains in Quebec (and elsewhere) wasn't open wide enough, word comes out today that some influential Libs want their party to crash and burn in the next election to precipitate a new leadership race, while there's a movement afoot among Parti Quebecois members to disband the Bloc. Which means that the NDP may already be the default alternative to the Cons as the next-largest party which isn't actively imploding.