Denial – cross party edition
Friday, 10 September 2010 State of the parties 19 comments
For the independents, the ‘new paradigm’ is not based on whether the major parties come together. The ‘new paradigm’ is that it is irrelevant whether they do or not.
Stability
Monday, 26 July 2010 Key posts, State of the parties 12 comments
Standing for nothing is bad enough, but if you are so unstable that you can’t even keep to your head of government under the slightest pressure, then that is something else.
Ad Watch – It’s the same Labor; Let’s move Australia forward together
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 Tactics 15 comments
Labor’s ad may look positive, but it is actually an attack ad – against a Labor government
Self absorbed and deluded – cross party edition
Monday, 19 July 2010 State of the parties 37 comments
Everyone has enthused at how “clinical” and clean was the surgical removal of Rudd, but that is usually what happens when you operate on a corpse.
Rudd: an anti-politics campaigner no more?
Monday, 7 June 2010 Tactics 16 comments
Rudd wants a fight with the political class, not the miners.
Fraser: The right goes all mushy
Thursday, 27 May 2010 Political figures 19 comments
The problem for Fraser is not that the Liberals are moving to the right as such but that there is no real basis for them doing so.
Abbott’s not a risk to anyone but the Liberals
Tuesday, 18 May 2010 Tactics 8 comments
It’s perhaps understandable that when Labor might be wondering what abandoning all their principles under Rudd is actually getting them, that the temptation to buff themselves up by attacking Abbott as too right wing, rather than, say, too incoherent, should be too powerful to pass up.
Scorched earth policy
Thursday, 29 April 2010 Tactics 6 comments
If the government is struggling to find something to stand for, then anti-politics might be the best tactic.
Turnbull dumps the political class
Friday, 9 April 2010 Political figures 8 comments
Turnbull’s problem, as far as the Liberals were concerned, is that he didn’t seem particularly interested in the question, but merely winning an election.
Trying to do a Latham
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 Tactics 12 comments
Latham and Rudd may have not needed to consult their party, Abbott didn’t dare consult his.
