Working in an elections-related call centre has taught me many things, not the least of them being that if you're calling on behalf of a Conservative candidate, you will get far more rude hang-ups or people pretending not to understand what you're after. Liberal fans are a little more polite, and far more enthusiastic, than Conservatives. NDPs are downright self-righteous. I say this without guilt, as I am one myself. I haven't yet come across one more willing to berate the current regime, in most voiciferous manner, than an NDPer. Now if only we could get rid of Jack Layton...