Are you having a laff?
Friday, 18 May 2007 Media analysis Comments Off
It’s a bit cheeky that the commentariat is getting so worked up about Howard’s suggestion that his poor polling is down to the electorate’s sense of humour, since they have been doing pretty well the same dissing of the polling numbers since Rudd’s arrival.
The honeymoon is over
Tuesday, 15 May 2007 Media analysis Comments Off
The excuse of some that the positive reaction to the Budget will seep into the electorate over time won’t wash.
A growing confidence crisis for the commentariat
Monday, 14 May 2007 Media analysis Comments Off
The high interest in this round of polls seems to matter more for the commentariat’s own credibility than for the state of the political parties themselves.
Another trap no one walks into
Sunday, 13 May 2007 Tactics Comments Off
It would be truly dreadful if Australian cricketers were exploited for political purposes – unless of course it is for the re-election of John Howard. This type of gesture politics helps give the PM the appearance of a conviction politician, something hard to do with so little agenda to have conviction about. Fortunately there is [...]
The only real Howard battler
Sunday, 13 May 2007 Political figures Comments Off
This image of Howard defending his seat adds to the familiar one of the little guy battling against the evil political class.
An irrelevant sideshow
Friday, 11 May 2007 Tactics Comments Off
What a silly, politically irrelevant, week this has been.
Why the Budget is a failure
Thursday, 10 May 2007 Tactics Comments Off
Ignore all the applause, the Budget is a failure.
A political failure
Wednesday, 9 May 2007 Tactics Leave a comment
Breathless from presenting the Budget, Costello was again acting peculiarly in the ABC studios.
Tax hikes, not cuts, are the key
Tuesday, 8 May 2007 Tactics Comments Off
So this is the coalition’s chance.
Bad old habits return
Monday, 7 May 2007 Media analysis Comments Off
Once again the reaction to last week’s backdown on Workchoices has not been discussed in its own terms but by assuming that it will work like other backdowns in 2001 and 2004.
Why should it?
