Flaws in the machine

Thursday, 12 June 2008   Key posts, State of the parties  Comments Off 

Rudd’s agenda in a nutshell is to accommodate Australian political institutions to that realignment and the declining role of the major political parties.

Rudd’s agenda

Tuesday, 10 June 2008   Key posts, State of the parties  Comments Off 

Given the media’s current dislocation from the political process, summed up by the bizarre panel discussion on Sunday’s Insiders, which painted the government as stumbling from crisis to crisis after a fortnight when it either held onto its massive polling lead (Newspoll) or increased it (Morgan), it seems as good a time as any to do a quick round up of Rudd’s agenda that is causing such media confusion.

Rats all at sea

Tuesday, 3 June 2008   Media analysis  Comments Off 

It is almost as though the government and the electorate are having a private conversation with each other while the media is left out, unable to understand what either is talking about.

More than five cents worth

Monday, 2 June 2008   Tactics  Comments Off 

Nelson is doing quite a few things wrong but what he is at least attempting is the empathy thing, and trying to make the government look out of touch.

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