The last Morgan poll suggested Brendan Nelson was entering the Olympics — when public life would be more or less put on hold while we watched people doing strange sports in Beijing — relatively unscathed by his emissions trading scheme stumbles and the growing “We Want Pete” calls from News Ltd.
We spoke too soon. Even with the populace preoccupied with the five-ringed sportsfest the Coalition’s primary vote has dropped two points and it is back to the sort of political oblivion it occupied earlier this year, trailing 43-57 on the 2PP vote. The result arrests what had been a promising convergence of the 2PP vote back to the normal realms of political engagement.
With a drop in petrol prices, likely drop in interest rates, Costello’s book coming out and the Prime Minister looking statesmanlike — and Michelin Man-like — in the Pacific, the halt could last a while. There’s even been a significant increase in the number of people who think Australia is heading in the right direction. Coalition MPs won’t be enjoying the return to bleak late-winter Canberra on Monday.
Well David, given there’s only so many ways of saying “If an election for the Federal House of Representatives were held tomorrow Labor would shit it in”, I try to avoid out-staying my welcome with these.
Coalition MPs should just ride out Kev’s one term that’ll sadly evidence his bessa-block legacy. Qld’s not where you find a political genius which means he’s headed for burnout unless the Coalition has beaten him to it!. We’ll limp to next election.
Well, Kerry- presumably -O ‘Neill, I for one hope they do hold a senate inquiry into the MurrayDarling saga against the will of Rudd and Wong.
The Libs have indicated that they will vote for an inquiry.
Good for “Nelson and his circus of clowns”
David; er…which century are you writing from? Or is this a ploy by management, Jonathan Green? To get people to use the amount of words that are available to them?
And so say all of us…..bunch of fools. Just what Nelson and his circus of clowns hope to achieve by blocking legislation in the Senate, apart from receiving the poll results like Morgan today, will surely only speed the demise of Nelson. Are they blind?