The coming non-event
Thursday, 1 May 2008 Tactics Comments Off
There is starting to be some fairly tortured analysis doing the rounds in the press in the run up to next Tuesday’s Budget.
Tax cuts for the Liberals
Tuesday, 16 October 2007 Tactics Comments Off
At this early stage of the campaign it is more important to cohere the party and maintain morale than win votes.
The hip-pocket nerve: a comforting fallacy
Saturday, 21 July 2007 Media analysis Comments Off
The hip-pocket nerve has been a very bad guide to electoral behaviour. Commentators expected the budget’s tax cuts this year to translate to a bounce – and they are still waiting.
Ugly
Thursday, 24 May 2007 State of the parties Comments Off
The government’s claim that the public’s view cannot be taken seriously is unappealing but they are being indulged by a media that has been doing the same for months.
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.
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.
