Comments on: Newspoll and Galaxy agree – LNP ahead

By: Graham Young

Graham Young — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:50:12 +0000

Not sure whether that is a compliment or not Geoff. I certainly say what I think in these blogs, and I reckon I’m generally pretty close to the money.

By: Geoff Brown

Geoff Brown — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:19:53 +0000

Perhaps Anna is missing your advice, Graham.

By: examinator ant

examinator ant — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:28:56 +0000

Personally I think Queensland politics is at best hog tied by the inherent conservatism and selfishness of the elector(s).
To me fools vote for personality, I prefer policy (is it good for the state not necessarily me), talent and motivation.
I fail to see that LNP has better policies and given some of the cast of council villains are now trying for LA. Given what they did in council it is doubtful they will serve a wider canvass of people any better or be less likely to run amok than they did on council. i.e. one candidate was part of the lowest residentsâ€™ approval rated council teams in SE Qld. Only two of seven survived the last council purge. His inane foot in mouth disease and eye for the ladies is legendary. He survived by the less than the incumbency factor on absentees. His nomination has split his local branch.
If the LNP donâ€™t get up it will their lousy choice of hierarchically manipulated candidates. If they do get up then it will be down to the electorateâ€™s inherent desire for â€œa strongâ€ man and their curmugeonary fear of women in powerful places certainly not better talent or better policies.
Notwithstanding I fear who ever wins it will be more of the same clap trap (perhaps with an sharper ideological edge) and the majority of the people will get much of the same.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:22:48 +0000

Kevin I think SEQ people will vote for Springborg. They finally have a viable option with a united LNP. Asking if they remember what party he was from is like asking will people remember that Bligh was Education minister, in charge of finances and children…
People in the south have also had a gutfull of Labor so I think they will vote LNP.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:18:52 +0000

Basically Bligh is no Beattie who could ham it up and pretend to be Sir Joh. At least he pretended he could fix the health system. Bligh isn’t even trying there. Nobody pays attention to the government mid term, even when they are advertising more than McDonalds. Now that the light is on Bligh she don’t look so good. Neither does young Fraser who comes across as the nerdy monotonal nerd, know it all, in the front of the class. He won’t make a good opposition leader. The personality of a fish. Anyway he admitted he would become the house husband after the election didn’t he?
(I am forgetting that that doesn’t matter as Labor don’t base positions on talent but factions and mates…)
Bye bye Bligh!

By: Kevin Rennie

Kevin Rennie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:23:48 +0000

A lead in the polls could certainly be blown away this week. Why do I feel that some Queenslanders are not taking the cyclone threat seriously enough? Nobody ever mentions Cyclone Monica. If anything approaching that strength hit a place like Hervey Bay there would be disaster worse than Tracy.
On the election:
Will the South East, especially Brisbane bring themselves to elect Springborg Premier. Will they remember that he’s really National Party despite the re-branding?
Haven’t seen a breakdown of the latest poll giving the LNP a 2% break but suspect the lead could be weighted towards the bush and regions. The old Beasley 1998 majority in the wrong seats syndrome. More at my blog.

By: David Stalker

David Stalker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:41:03 +0000

Queensland labour has had 10 years + in office which is long enough.
Anna Bligh like Peter beatty have done very little for rural areas of the state you only have to look at road conditions, the health crisis etc, so where did all the money earned by this government in the resources boom go to.
It appears there is serious incompetence afoot here.