How Labor made Abbott electable
Saturday, 31 July 2010 Key posts, Political figures, Tactics 55 comments
How did this man become electable?
Instability
Thursday, 29 July 2010 State of the parties 13 comments
the real deciding issue of this election is stability – or, to put it more bluntly, which party can show it’s the least dysfunctional to run the government.
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.
Bob and Julia v Paul and Kevin
Friday, 16 July 2010 State of the parties 4 comments
Gillard’s ‘inclusiveness’ comes from owing her backers a favour for their support.
Asylum seekers: a panic of the political class
Thursday, 15 July 2010 Tactics 4 comments
Rudd touched a raw nerve of how Labor, especially in NSW, understands its decline.
An election to fill the gap
Tuesday, 13 July 2010 Tactics 9 comments
Gillard’s main agenda is to provide real backflips rather than the wishy-washy backflips of Rudd’s.
Insecurities to the fore!
Friday, 9 July 2010 Media analysis, State of the parties 16 comments
The East Timor political class may have its problems, but compared to ours they are now looking cool enough to leave it swinging in the breeze.
Let’s all forget 2007 – ALP edition
Wednesday, 7 July 2010 Tactics, The Australian state 28 comments
Gillard claims to want to move away from political correctness on asylum seekers, but in fact her entire approach to the issue shares the assumption of the politically correct left; namely that concerns about it are such a powerful inflammatory force in the electorate that it must be indulged and made a big deal of.