Should she stay or should she go? Liberals split on Bonnie Crombie ahead of vote

That's exactly it. The Liberals' entire platform, at the provincial and federal level, is "we're not the Cons". Federally that worked because Carney is a less distasteful ghoul than Poillevre, but in Ontario it pitted Crombie and the Liberals and their recent history against Ford -- who has shown to be basically competent in a crisis and not constantly cartoonishly evil. It's sad that "not a scooby-doo villain" is the bar, but that's the reality.