A cheesy soap opera with no plot
Friday, 20 July 2007 Political figures Comments Off
For Costello, the chances of him becoming leader (if he ever wanted it) are probably over.
A challenge without a challenger – update
Thursday, 19 July 2007 Political figures Comments Off
This has all the negative destabilising fall-out from a challenge, but none of the resolution from actually launching one.
A challenge without a challenger
Wednesday, 18 July 2007 Political figures Comments Off
Bring back Malcolm Fraser. He’ll know what to do.
Howard rides the vacuum
Tuesday, 17 July 2007 State of the parties Comments Off
The Liberals are hardly a sentimental lot, yet it seems that the more serious the situation is getting, the more they seem to cling on to Howard.
Rudd: the anti-politics campaigner
Monday, 16 July 2007 Political figures Comments Off
It is no coincidence that this attack is being led by members of Labor’s left, increasingly marginalised within their own party, and Rudd, arguably the leader most detached from the party’s organisation that Labor has ever had.
Parallel universe
Saturday, 14 July 2007 Tactics Comments Off
Despite how the activists like to flatter themselves, this intervention is not about their agenda but the government using it to gain control of the election campaign.
Rudd starts at it again
Friday, 13 July 2007 Tactics Comments Off
This is not, as Shanahan says, appealing to the hip-pocket nerve, but something more powerful, antagonism towards the political class.
Who are they calling detached?
Thursday, 12 July 2007 Media analysis Comments Off
For someone so sensitive to the smaller trends, Shanahan, along with other commentators, have been remarkably insensitive to the larger message from the poll – that the government is heading for collapse.
Politics is not just polls
Wednesday, 11 July 2007 Tactics Comments Off
The NT intervention has altered the dynamic of this campaign.
Left swinging in the breeze
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 International relations Comments Off
The Iraqi foreign minister was reported to have warned that his government’s authority could be undermined if the growing Republican revolt over Bush’s Iraq policy translated to the withdrawal of US troops. Our foreign affairs minister must know how he feels. The timing of this revolt so close to the recent kerfuffle over Brendan Nelson’s [...]
