Costello: the PM that never wasPeter Costello’s economic legacy will live on, but it’s his thwarted leadership ambitions, trapped by John Howard, that will stay around forever, writes Shaun Carney.
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Crikey Says: Who else supports Costello for premier?
Following on from Arthur Sinodinos’ article in The Oz about Peter Costello as future Victorian premier, Crikey conducted a quick phone poll of senior Victorian Liberals. Who else would jump on the Costello bandwagon?
The Peter Costello Food Pyramid
Warning: this cartoon may contain traces of Peter Costello…
Petey’s pouting leaves the Liberals in the lurch
They’ve installed Brendan Nelson as leader and now the right wing of the Liberal Party is now set to roll federal party president Chris McDiven, writes Christian Kerr.
Liberal presidential power plays
Federal Liberal Party president Chris McDiven is under threat, stories that appear to be coming out of NSW say today. Now that the Liberals need to make themselves electable, they face significant challenges, writes Christian Kerr.
Michael Kroger, your nation needs you
Jeff Kennett is right. Michael Kroger should get out of the counting house and into the bear pit, writes Christian Kerr.
Mr Fourteen Percent: why does he bother?
Brendan Nelson didn’t have a good start with Newspoll today – but that’s always the way after an election. He got off to a better start, however, with his plans for Liberal Party. The plans, anyway, if not the execution, writes Christian Kerr.
Like the Liberal party, the Nine Network is in a quicksand
Like the Liberal party, the Nine Network is in a quicksand – of old ideas and rotting arrogance. On the same night the public kicked out the Liberals it also punted Nine. On Saturday night Nine was Channel Fourth – beaten not only by the ABC and Seven election coverages but by a geriatric Darth Vader on Ten.
Kerr: Costello, bastardry and brilliance
Bastardry or brilliance? How about a bit of both? It’s an almighty piece of petulance from Dollar Sweetie, but it’s not without its logic. Costello has given the ALP another scalp, but has also denied them a target, writes Christian Kerr.
Mumble poll-mix: Time is running out for the Coalition
The latest poll-mix has the government making modest ground since the election was called, from 44.5 to 45.5, closing the two party preferred gap from eleven points to nine. But even if the trend is on it’ll take until Christmas for the government to be competitive, writes Peter Brent.
Two Australias cast just a single vote
There’s two Australias’ Rod Cameron told Lateline last week. And you could pretty much karaoke the rest.
