The greatest problem with the “my interest rates were lower than yours” argument is that it is simply a grand non-sequitur, writes Possum Comitatus.
With interest rates and widespread navel gazing about the political consequences taking up the media-space, today we go to some spiffy little charts that sum up perfectly the millions of words that will be written over the next month, writes Possum Comitatus.
The “It’s Time” factor seems to be on the tips of politically fashionable lips everywhere at the moment, but what is interesting with the whole “It’s Time” thing is the underlying dynamics of it that have been going on over the last 6 years or so, writes Possum Comitatus.
Sometimes, when your luck has run out, you just can’t take a trick. Today’s Newspoll, with a healthy sample of 1706 provides more evidence of impending annihilation. The ALP primary vote is up 3 to 51, while the Coalition is down 1 to 38 for an overall TPP of 58/42 to the ALP, writes Possum Comitatus.
There is a way for a struggling party to make a comeback. But I wonder if any political party would ever have the balls to try it on? writes Possum Comitatus.
Round one of the campaign polling season is upon on us, with the Coalition starting strongly, the ALP looking mildly bewildered and the minor parties apparently having better things to do, reports Possum Comitatus.
The great problem for political parties that find themselves in government is how to reconcile the interests of their core seats that make up the organisational lifeblood of the party, with their non-core seats that provide the governing majority. Possum Comitatus writes.
Since the last election, the 18-30 demographic has turned decidedly nasty for camp conservative, writes Possum Comitatus.
Please polling gods, let it not be like this for the next 6 weeks. After one day of the election campaign we have three polls. If this keeps up, we’ll have 126 of the buggers during the campaign – more than even the most avid pollyjunkie could bear.
Last week, Crikey published the full Crosby/Textor internal Liberal polling and analysis that the Murdoch tabloids were banging on about. It’s a pity Rupert’s finest didn’t seem to understand a word of it when it was delivered into their hot little hands.
