Trudeau’s in trouble: can he dig himself out before the next election?

The Liberals are dropping in public opinion, but want to be the second fourth-term government since Sir Wilfrid Laurier. And ‘that’s a very big bar to jump,’ says Chad Rogers.
Liberal MPs were ‘very, very tough’ and gave ‘straight goods’ to Trudeau at caucus meeting in London, Ont.

The meeting between the wider caucus and the prime minister was scheduled to last 30 minutes, but went on for two hours, according to Liberal MPs.
‘I feel like a physician giving bad news’: Trudeau needs to ‘up his game’ or risk losing to surging Poilievre, say pollsters

With the Liberals in trouble and caucus getting nervous and openly criticizing their leadership, it’s up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his party to stop the bleeding of public support, pollsters tell The Hill Times.
The Trudeau government needs professional help, stat

Beset by sinking polls, caucus pushback, and preening Tories, there are signs the Trudeau brain trust is finally striking back, but in such an amateurish way you wonder if all the smart folks have fled the once-dominant Liberal Party.
It’s nervous Nellie time in the Liberal caucus

The prime minister and his team would be well-advised to heed the ‘nervous Nellies’ in the caucus. Caucus members are like the canaries in the mine, giving the leader a hint of the toxic atmosphere that the party is facing in the body politic.
Atlantic support shifting away from Liberals as voters’ sentiments fail to reach Ottawa, says NDP candidate

‘Sometimes I think people feel like it’s not St. John’s East’s voice in Ottawa, but it’s Ottawa’s voice in St. John’s East,’ said NDP nominated candidate Mary Shortall.
Trudeau’s got a pessimism problem

After looking at some recent polls, it’s clear that when it comes to attracting younger voters, the Liberals are lagging in third place.
Trudeau’s tumbleweed of tumult

Symbolically, a sense of losing is becoming a metaphor for the Liberal leader.
Liberals’ tanking poll numbers ‘top of mind’ as Trudeau, Grits head to national caucus retreat

Pollster Greg Lyle says not only are the Liberals on the wrong side of the affordability issue, but he also sees ‘signs of a government that’s not playing its best game’ when it comes to issues management, and that’s a problem.
Trudeau’s summer of discontent

If the prime minister is serious about running again and winning, he has to drop the talking points, speak like he did before the Rouleau Commission, and he has to fight back, hard.