CPC: How Long Will It Take To Ditch Byrne? The Clock Is Ticking.

CPC support has been dropping ever since the Liberal leadership race got underway. Some will say it's because of Conservative policies, but that's incorrect. Pierre had the same policies when the CPC was twenty to twenty-five points ahead in the polls for almost two years. The same thing can be said about the leader: no one loves Pierre, but he is not despised either. People were willing to live with him as an indirectly elected prime minister. So, what changed?

The Liberals got a new leader who is a political neophyte who comes off as a privileged person who thinks that he and his background should not be accountable to the press or Canadians. Carney doesn't want us to know how rich he is or what all his elite connections did to benefit him personally over the years.

Canadians know nothing about this. They see a shiny new penny in the window and like it. However, Carney's repeated gaffes are starting to show that the Emperor has no retail politics skills or mastery of sound government practices. 

Again, why did the wheels come off the Conservative campaign? Simply put, the strategic depth in the CPC war room isn't up to the job. Byrne never should have headed the war room. Byrne is there by default because no one else wanted the job or to work with her in a campaign. Her war room is responsible for those disastrous red ads that deliberately distorted Carney's features to make him look devil-like. Byrne did nothing to pull those ads. Did she even have a role in conceiving them? And even worse, the leader let them air. Those ads are responsible more than anything else for tanking CPC numbers, and the continued decline in support flowed from there.

As for the campaign, Byrne must be replaced ASAP by a seasoned operative. Can they convince Teneycke to come over to stabilize a rapidly sinking ship? And will Ford give his blessing? But Teneycke can't do it alone. He will need to bring in an infusion of people.  Without restaffing, this election is already lost. Pierre's strategic abilities aren't up to retooling and rethinking this campaign. He's far too wedded to longstanding party policy and shows no natural inclination towards thinking out of the box. 

In short, drop Byrne now before it's too late. We have one last chance to turn things around. Better make the most of it.