Choose your own explanation

Andrew Coyne has his theory on the Cons' string of nonsensical attempts to defend their choice to shut down Parliament:

This last is so mind-numbingly stupid, so staggeringly beside the point, that I can only assume it is part of some sort of fiendish plot. I think it is intended to act as a kind of electromagnetic pulse, aimed at knocking out the entire country’s brain waves and making it impossible for anyone to think straight...It is as if the Conservatives were bent on proroguing, not just Parliament, but intelligent discussion of any kind.

I'll counter with the possibility that Harper wants to figure out his party's floor for public support, and plans to take a dive for a couple of weeks when there's no possibility of an election to test just how low the Cons can go and what they have to do to rebound.

What's your crazy theory that nonetheless makes more sense than the prospect that somebody actually thought the Cons' arguments might convince anybody?