So Mark Latham thinks this is the Seinfeld campaign, a show about nothing? Maybe, maybe not.
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Flint: Surprised Rudd needs better intelligence
For the second time in this campaign, Labor has been taken by surprise. An essential aspect of any campaign, military or political, is in gathering and learning from intelligence, writes David Flint.
The Daily Verdict
Day One of the campaign and a victory for the Government on our Daily Verdict Indicator. That was as it should have been, writes Richard Farmer.
Mungo: Garrett abandons utopia for results
You have to feel sorry for Peter Garrett. He’s had a pretty rough time since he joined the Labor Party more that three years ago, and it all came to a head last week., writes Mungo MacCallum.
A tall tree tumbles in Wentworth
Poor old Malcolm Turnbull. He fought like hell to win a seat in parliament. Now it seems as if he’ll end up a oncer. That’s not much of a return on his investment, writes Christian Kerr.
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Family First joins the Crikey crusade, Labor bags itself
Crikey’s campaign against legally dubious bank penalty fees has finally gained some political traction as Family First’s Steve Fielding pushes our barrow all the way to a Senate inquiry. What’s strange about that is that it’s Family First which has taken up the running on the issue, writes Michael Pascoe.
Rudd risks leaving Labor an empty husk
Rudd’s political ‘Me tooism’ will inevitably demoralise the shrinking number of ALP members even further. And it can hardly afford that right now, writes Jeff Sparrow.
John Howard’s forgotten people
There’s more qualitative Newspoll research in The Australian this morning. According to Newspoll, the PM is seen as being far more arrogant than the opposition leader, and to have slightly less vision for the future.
Mark Latham: a fair-weather friend?
So Mark Latham anoints Julia Gillard as his No. 1 politician in these pages yesterday. Which is nice, but yet another mixed message from Mark.
