As near as I can figure, this is how things stand as far as the fortunes of the federal Liberal party are concerned:

Viewpoint one: Every gauge routinely used to measure political prospects indicates the party is facing disaster in the next election. Liberal prospects are so poor that the Toronto Star, which as usual would really really really prefer another Liberal victory, ran a recent column by one of its keenest Ottawa observers stating bluntly that “short of the Conservatives causing self-inflicted wounds, there is no visible path for growth for Canada’s ruling party. Trudeau’s Liberals appear to be headed for a bloodbath.”