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By Mark Bahnisch on February 15, 2010
I’ve previously highlighted Dennis Shanahan and Malcolm Colless as barometers of the new new political narrative (‘Rudd in trouble! Gloss comes off! Action Man Tony Off To Vigorous Start!’). Michelle Grattan provided another twist on the mechanics of constructing such [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Media, Polls | Tagged Alexander Downer, Anna Bligh, commentariat, Courier-Mail, Dennis Shanahan, Federal Election 2010, Galaxy poll, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Colless, Media, Michelle Grattan, political narrative, poll, polling, possum, public opinion, Queensland, Rudd government, stephanie balogh, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 9, 2010
George H. W. Bush was famously incapable of projecting what he termed “the vision thing” in his unsuccessful campaign for re-election in 1992, but at least he knew what he needed to, but couldn’t, do. I noted the other day [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Health, Media, Politics | Tagged commentariat, Dennis Shanahan, Federal election 2007, Federal Election 2010, George H. W. Bush, health policy, hospitals, intergenerational report, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Colless, Media, productivity, Q&A, Qanda, Tony Abbott, Tony Jones, vision thing |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 22, 2008
As I’ve commented before, it’s always a bit difficult to keep track of Malcolm Turnbull’s economic narrative du jour. At least with Emo Man Brendan Nelson, we could always rely on undiluted populism with not even a minimal pretense at [...]
Posted in Economics, Howardia, Markets, Media | Tagged ALP, Brendon Nelson, deficits, economic policy, federal budget, fiscal policy, fiscal stimulus, global financial crisis, Ken Henry, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Liberal Party, Malcolm Colless, Malcolm Turnbull, News Limited columnists, Paul Keating, Peter Costello, recession, Rudd government, surplus, Wayne Swan |
Do the polls support the political narrative? Or; how to build a commentariat-bot
By Mark Bahnisch on February 15, 2010
I’ve previously highlighted Dennis Shanahan and Malcolm Colless as barometers of the new new political narrative (‘Rudd in trouble! Gloss comes off! Action Man Tony Off To Vigorous Start!’). Michelle Grattan provided another twist on the mechanics of constructing such [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Media, Polls | Tagged Alexander Downer, Anna Bligh, commentariat, Courier-Mail, Dennis Shanahan, Federal Election 2010, Galaxy poll, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Colless, Media, Michelle Grattan, political narrative, poll, polling, possum, public opinion, Queensland, Rudd government, stephanie balogh, Tony Abbott | 69 Responses