The governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is moving from crisis to crisis, disappointment to disappointment.
It has failed to deliver the jobs it promised in the run-up to the 2012 general election. More people will have been murdered when this five-year term is up than during any other in our history.
The much-touted Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) is ensnared in scandal. And those managing the Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival can't seem to get on the same page. Enter Dr. Hubert Minnis.
The Free National Movement (FNM) leader has had a less than stellar time as the main voice of the opposition. He is not a gifted orator. His is not a natural at politics. Minnis' struggles have been well documented since he succeeded Hubert Ingraham in 2012. Those struggles have made the PLP arrogant.
The party thinks the people won't support Minnis in large numbers. The party thinks the FNM's funders won't give Minnis the money he needs to mount a campaign. Minnis may not need any of that, though, to beat the PLP if it stays on its current course.
The governing party is becoming detached from the realities of its people. Take, for example, the prime minister's remarks on Monday that the economy has turned the corner and that we can bear another tax via National Health Insurance (NHI).
Or the deputy prime minister yesterday trying to defend BAMSI as the agricultural savior of The Bahamas while millions of dollars of the people's money were wasted because his ministry did not ensure a contractor had the insurance he was supposed to on one of the institute's buildings which was burned down by an arsonist.
Let's not forget the various statements by the prime minister and national security minister on the "new crime plan" or the "new, new crime plan" or "the latest new, new crime plan".
All the while more and more Bahamians grieve over their loved ones who were killed during acts of violence. With all those failures we must not forget value-added tax (VAT) - the largest tax increase in our history.
It has hit the poor especially hard. Tired of high crime rates, high unemployment and an out-of-control roadwork project, Bahamians voted the FNM out in 2012.
The mood of the people may now be settling against the PLP. If that is the case, Minnis need only sit and watch the governing party implode.
Christie is likely more unpopular today than any prime minister has ever been in our history. Minnis should make the next general election campaign a referendum on Christie.
If he does, all who doubted him may have to call him prime minister after all.
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