tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post20472465813550263..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-86704354050945021332010-08-21T13:16:11.326+10:002010-08-21T13:16:11.326+10:00Obviously the libs have to get rid of a lot of old...Obviously the libs have to get rid of a lot of old wood by parachuting real talent into some of their safe seats. By 2013 some of these characters will be forgetting their lines. But they probably won't. What dills. And they talk of the faceless men! <br /><br />Meantime, the left-centre alliance will grow in strength with the greens running flank for the progressive vote and the ALP taking the ball up the centre. The tories are royally stuffed if they lose this election.<br /><br />That's the good news. Or is it?dedalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569022378786181339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-37665324791175438452010-08-21T07:47:10.691+10:002010-08-21T07:47:10.691+10:00The Vics would point fingers at NSW, NSW at the Vi...The Vics would point fingers at NSW, NSW at the Vics, etc. I think the Vics have the smarter operators and will end up on top, particularly as I don't believe they'll lose.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-84988193922287411032010-08-20T21:35:19.028+10:002010-08-20T21:35:19.028+10:00Will the Victorians get control of the ALP if they...Will the Victorians get control of the ALP if they lose? Because it seems like the loss would be their fault.johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-90235436706217403432010-08-15T21:30:22.543+10:002010-08-15T21:30:22.543+10:00Yep, pretty much. The wide boys currently running ...Yep, pretty much. The wide boys currently running the ALP think they've captured this spirit, but they haven't.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-70208672637420778232010-08-15T18:46:43.657+10:002010-08-15T18:46:43.657+10:00"The Liberal Party does not do low expectatio..."The Liberal Party does not do low expectations. The Liberal Party does victory, it does government. "<br /><br />This reminded of that great quote from 'The Dish' when the primeminister (would have to be Liberal PM Gorton) said "You know, we've got a saying in the party. You don't fuck up..."<br />The local mayor with political aspirations nervously asks "And?" to which the PM replies "That's it."<br /><br />There's no sentimentality, no reward for a noble failure in the Liberal Party. In the way they run their politics they are serious Social Darwinists.Amusednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-61002973337926923242010-08-15T07:46:30.928+10:002010-08-15T07:46:30.928+10:00Thanks Daniel. Do you still think Matt "Capta...Thanks Daniel. Do you still think Matt "Captain Underpants" Brown is setting up this seat for himself in '13?Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-20772705463799547772010-08-15T00:34:19.126+10:002010-08-15T00:34:19.126+10:00Gilmore isn't going to be contested by an N40 ...Gilmore isn't going to be contested by an N40 anymore - the locals kicked up a big enough stink about the imposition that the anointed candidate had a crisis of conscience and stepped aside. Still, the real reason Gilmore will stay in Liberal hands is the simple old-fashioned fact that the incumbent is so well respected quite apart from (and for some people, in spite of) her party alignment.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069060425209939908noreply@blogger.com