Matt Gurney: The first question that needs an answer — what happens to Andrew Scheer?

As I wait for my tea to finish steeping on a rainy Tuesday morning, hours after the Liberals lost their majority and the popular vote but still took a large plurality of federal ridings, there’s a few questions I can’t answer yet. Some of them are just a matter of waiting for more detailed breakdowns of all of Monday night’s individual races, and some number-crunching of meta results. But the biggest one is what happens to Andrew Scheer.For everyone else, it’s an easy question to answer.

Let’s be optimists for a minute: the Conservatives won the popular vote, added seats, and will form a strong opposition in a divided House. They did so in spite of several factors working against them. In the country’s most populous province, the Liberals had the luxury of campaigning aggressively against a deeply unpopular conservative premier. Despite regional challenges, particularly in the oil-producing parts of the country, the national economy overall is good.

The answer is, yeah, probably. Scheer is, to put it mildly, not the world’s most engaging politician. He genuinely seems to be a decent guy. I don’t say that dismissively, I sincerely mean that — and you can’t say the same about many of his peers in Parliament. But charisma matters in politics. Scheer is lacking in that department. Also, he was doubtlessly wounded by several mid-campaign revelations about his employment history and his surprise American citizenship.

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He should go. Face reality. He was a dud from the outset. No dtule. Poor speaker. Not deep on policy or ideas. Oddly secretive about his life. No urban credibility. Conservatives should dump him quickly. If he can’t win with the ammunition he had he never can. Get rid.

Right wing shout radio? Cushy berth at the Fraser Instipoop? Lobbyist for asbestos and herbicides.

Needs to go! If he couldn’t win this one, he’ll never win! He tried to sell himself as different than Turdeau, caught in three separate lies/no comment situations! He’s damaged goods now. Peter McKay needs to come off the bench. He’s got charisma, experience and from the east! 👍

Can he just... go away and stop doing politics? I’m sure he would be good at something else.

Canada needs a strong leader. Unfortunately JustinTrudeau, AndrewScheer, and theJagmeetSingh are not those leaders.

He won’t win next time either, put someone new in.

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