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By Kim on August 18, 2008
Props to Peter Hartcher at the Sydney Morning Herald for actually including some vaguely sensible commentary in his column on the Nielsen preferred Liberal leader polling, and not beating it up as “Voters Want Costello!”. Perhaps the Fairfax crew are [...]
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By Kim on August 16, 2008
I forget who first compared the breathless expectation that the News Limited meejah and the Liberal party are indulging in over Peter Costello’s non-decision making to Kremlinology, but in the wake of the thousands of words wasted on idle speculation [...]
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By Kim on August 9, 2008
The supposition I had – shared by Lyn at Public Opinion – that even the diehard Milnes and Shanahans of News Limited might give up on their “Costello for Saviour” campaign in the absence of anything actually happening has been [...]
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By Kim on August 7, 2008
What do you do if you’re a columnist for the Opposition Organ and nothing is actually happening in the Peter Costello Leadership Story? Write about Chrissy Pyne’s Facebook status updates as if they’re news, that’s what! Score one zero for [...]
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Newspaper understands poll shock! And Costello breaks silence!
By Kim on August 18, 2008
Props to Peter Hartcher at the Sydney Morning Herald for actually including some vaguely sensible commentary in his column on the Nielsen preferred Liberal leader polling, and not beating it up as “Voters Want Costello!”. Perhaps the Fairfax crew are [...]
Posted in Howardia, Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged $weetie, brendan nelson, Coalition, John Howard, John Lyons, leadership crisis, leadership instability, Liberal Party, mainstream media, News Limited columnists, Nielsen Poll, Peter Costello, Peter Hartcher, political commentary, political journalism, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian | 9 Responses