Kevin Rudd’s mid-air tantrum week

Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Kevin Rudd’s mid-air tantrum week

St Kevin of the Perfectly Justifiable Occasional Bit of Temper Given What an Important Man he is and What a Wonderful Job he’s Doing and why Doesn’t that Girl Just Toughen up a Bit got slightly lower volume this week, but in popularity numbers has now joined the silver bodgie and looks like he’s on his way to Lee Kuan Yew levels.

Stephen Conroy obviously the big mover, but still not all that high on the list from his usual subterranean profile, next week may be a different story — and Lindsay Tanner ramps up the “tough budget” rhetoric as the Government’s appointed Dr Sensible.

Steve Fielding pips Nick Xenophon in their weekly “look at moi Kimmy” battle thanks to the Family First Senator saving the world from alcohol.

TW	Move	Position	Politician	Press Index	Radio Index	TV Index	Internet Index	Raw total	INDEX
1	0	PM	Kevin Rudd	1,000	8,273	7,145	9,296	*25,537*	1,000
2	3	Cabinet	Wayne Swan	313	2,299	1,093	3,208	*6,858*	274
3	3	Premier	Nathan Rees	220	1,967	1,024	2,720	*5,892*	225
4	-1	Opp Leader	Malcolm Turnbull	156	2,213	913	3,082	*6,336*	222
5	-1	Premier	Anna Bligh	250	608	944	3,126	*4,884*	199
6	5	Cabinet	Julia Gillard	200	1,300	313	1,897	*3,675*	152
7	-5	Cabinet	Joel Fitzgibbon	139	716	111	2,347	*3,288*	124
8	10	Cabinet	Lindsay Tanner	94	1,163	648	520	*2,408*	95
9	0	Shadow	Joe Hockey	101	667	978	473	*2,201*	93
10	-2	Premier	John Brumby	100	854	347	722	*2,005*	83
11	12	State Shadow	Lawrence Springborg	123	594	44	681	*1,420*	69
12	2	Cabinet	Peter Garrett	92	384	453	616	*1,529*	67
13	25	Cabinet	Stephen Conroy	75	366	163	1,109	*1,700*	66
14	5	Qld Opp Ld	John-Paul Langbroek	107	835	55	433	*1,411*	66
15	-3	NSW Opp Ld	Barry O’Farrell	41	633	171	760	*1,598*	56
16	9	Minor Party	Steve Fielding	63	525	68	780	*1,425*	55
17	-10	Independent	Nick Xenophon	51	305	1	894	*1,242*	46
18	6	Cabinet	Nicola Roxon	64	243	29	668	*993*	43
19	-4	Cabinet	Penny Wong	47	167	18	727	*951*	37
20	-4	Shadow	Tony Abbott	43	446	54	377	*912*	36

This list just says it all. Malcolm Turnbull got 17 in case you were wondering and the polls seem to show that for an Opposition Leader not being talked about is indeed the worst publicity of all.

Rank	Politician	Talkback
1	Kevin Rudd	621
2	Lindsay Tanner	71
3	Julia Gillard	36
4	Wayne Swan	31
5	John Brumby	26

Young D’Arcy may be feeling like he’s been double punished, perhaps a good time to remember that it’s better than being in gaol for say … two years, for say … a speeding ticket. But that couldn’t happen, could it?