Can the Harper Conservatives manage a deficit?

Basically, I'm with Chet that there is nothing inherently wrong with a government running a deficit as long as the money goes into jobs and roads.
But as I see Conservatives freak out it occurs to me that maybe they know something I don't know.
They know the Harper Conservatives much better than I do.
They know whether these guys actually have the management skills to use deficit spending for the short-term and/or long-term benefit of the country.
So let's consider the track record -- what other complex and controversial programs have the Harper Conservatives managed successfully in the last few years? ... [crickets]
Oh, dear.