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.
The ‘challenge’ begins to fade – an update
Thursday, 20 May 2010 Media analysis 34 comments
In reality, Abbott’s ‘challenge’ to Rudd has always been as much a media construct as is Gillard’s current ‘challenge’ to Rudd or was Costello’s ‘challenge’ to Howard.
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.
Gillard: media darling (sort of)
Thursday, 13 May 2010 Political figures 17 comments
The media have been talking about Gillard taking over the leadership as though it would sort out Labor’s electoral problems. Of course, there has not been a single poll that backs that view.
No revival, just decay – Federal edition
Wednesday, 5 May 2010 State of the parties 10 comments
Surely this isn’t the same Chris Uhlmann who a year ago was chastising Rudd for believing in the threat of climate change like it was an act of faith?