Comments on: Morgan: Rudd 55, Turnbull 30

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:34:39 +0000

By: evan14

evan14 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:34:14 +0000

Dario: Rann is presumably going down the populist route to revive his poll ratings!
He once had approval ratings of 70%.

By: evan14

evan14 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:32:52 +0000

Uncle Rupert had a good meeting with Rudd in NY last week, and afterwards he had a chat with the editors of The OZ & asked them to go easier on Labor?
I nearly fell out of my chair when I read the Poisoned Dwarf’s latest opinion piece this morning.

By: Dario

Dario — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:29:52 +0000

18 weeks paid maternity/paternity leave recommended by the Productivity Commission in it’s interim report, as well as scrapping the Baby Bonus

http://news.smh.com.au/national/commission-proposes-18week-parent-leave-20080929-4ptp.html

By: Dario

Dario — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:28:08 +0000

I know this is the federal thread, but can I just say that Mike Rann is a ****

http://news.smh.com.au/world/gangs-should-be-seen-as-terrorists-rann-20080929-4q12.html

By: Bushfire Bill

Bushfire Bill — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:02:37 +0000

I think Milne’s 24-hour, 180 degree switcheroo on the wisdom of Rudd’s trip has to take the cake, from plonking contempt to portentious praise overnight. Nevertheless, to me it potentially signals what Glenn would call “a paradigm shift” in media emphasis.

The “Tourist PM” and “Swan stole my homework” angles have just about disappeared in seas of irrelevance and bi-partisanship respectively, today.

Coorey’s “Rudd didn’t even turn up for the GF breakfast” will sink without trace.

Pies’ “Taxing condensate will wreck foreign investment” was smacked down before he even got it all out on Insiders.

The “unpopular alcopops” meme is long dead (thanks to that Newspoll).

What’s left? “Rudd hates pensioners”, and maybe “Rudd hates private health insurance”.

There’s a bin marked “Sub-Prime Meltdown” and every economic skyrocket the Opps send Labor’s way will disappear into it.

A good week.

By: Adam in Canberra

Adam in Canberra — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:45:29 +0000

A pretty vacuous piece, but Grattan is not the worst offender. I recall from the days when I used to read the Murdoch press that they are much worse. The fact is that we have far too much political commentary in our media, and they struggle to find something suitably portentious to say every day. If they don’t have anything to go with, they just make it up.

By: Bushfire Bill

Bushfire Bill — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:55:45 +0000

More like, “Heads I win, tails you lose.”

By: Dario

Dario — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:52:38 +0000

Do they blush when they pick up their pay cheques?

If you toss a coin it could come up heads… or tails

By: Bushfire Bill

Bushfire Bill — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:45:52 +0000

Michelle Grattan demonstrates why she is so respected by the political class:

It will take a while for Labor to get a handle on the degree of threat that Turnbull will pose, but it's certainly greater than that presented by Brendan Nelson.

Similarly the Senate, now flexing its muscles, could be just an irritant or a serious block.

Shorter La Stupenda: “Turnbull is more popular than Nelson and the Senate could be a serious block… or not.”

Do they blush when they pick up their pay cheques?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/bringing-the-world-home/2008/09/27/1222217582515.html