Conservative Cabinet looks to political experience in Senate

It's a whole different world when you have to govern and the buck stops here, say defeated Liberals.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and more than half of his new government have never had experience at governing at any level, but the newly-elected Conservatives are relying on some seasoned political operators in the Senate and former Mulroney Tories and Manning Reformers for help.

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