http://www.ambitgambit.com/2007/08/06/giving-australia-the-fingerhut/ Ambit Gambit Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ambitgambit.com/2007/08/06/giving-australia-the-fingerhut/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 John Ryan Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:31:00 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=2203#comment-1831 Dear Graham,much as it pains me I don,t agree,the sooner this bunch of clots are consigned to history,s dustbin the better Dear Graham,much as it pains me I don,t agree,the sooner this bunch of clots are consigned to history,s dustbin the better

]]> http://www.ambitgambit.com/2007/08/06/giving-australia-the-fingerhut/comment-page-1/#comment-1832 barney Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:05:59 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=2203#comment-1832 Graham, Your thesis only works if the punters are yet to make up their minds. What the commentariat refuse to see is that the punters have moved on. Howard is now seen for what he is: a totally political animal. His raison d'etre is politics not the good of the country (unless it's so narrowly defined as to be what's good for JH). There is at best 4 months until the election. What rabbit is left for Howard to pull out? He has no Tampa and no Latham to fall back upon this time.Are you suggesting that the previous 9 months (of shocking polling) are going to be transformed in those remaining 4 months? What we see at the moment is not even policy on the run. It's making up policy between engagements. And because he is seen as "tricky" it doesn't matter which way he goes, it's all seen as being transparently "political". Graham,
Your thesis only works if the punters are yet to make up their minds.
What the commentariat refuse to see is that the punters have moved on.
Howard is now seen for what he is: a totally political animal. His raison d’etre is politics not the good of the country (unless it’s so narrowly defined as to be what’s good for JH). There is at best 4 months until the election. What rabbit is left for Howard to pull out? He has no Tampa and no Latham to fall back upon this time.Are you suggesting that the previous 9 months (of shocking polling) are going to be transformed in those remaining 4 months? What we see at the moment is not even policy on the run. It’s making up policy between engagements. And because he is seen as “tricky” it doesn’t matter which way he goes, it’s all seen as being transparently “political”.

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