I thought the same thing. Tony Jones just didn't want a bar of it. Like Kevin Rudd, he wants to forget the past.Tony jumped in the line of that last bullet for Tanya didn't he? That was the kill shot right there.
Spohie M "If Julia Gillard's record was so good why did you get rid of her.....?"
Tony J "OK, we will leave that rhetorical ......."
That question was not rhetorical, Tony. How pathetically gutless to shield Plibersek from a straight up question.
Leigh's been backing off a bit in recent times.Leigh Sales tonight tried to get under Joe Hockey's skin.
That has been my observation also. Starting with the very gentle chat with Anthony Albanese last night.Leigh's been backing off a bit in recent times.
I didn't find it inspirational by any means, but I think the Coalition want to see the colour of Kevin Rudd's money before engaging in economic policy debate which in my view is the right choice.Re tonight, my sense at the end of the interview with Joe Hockey was that he really hadn't advanced the case for the Coalition much at all.
Perhaps my expectations are too high, but I couldn't help comparing his performance with the Peter Costello of yesteryear.
I didn't find it inspirational by any means, but I think the Coalition want to see the colour of Kevin Rudd's money before engaging in economic policy debate which in my view is the right choice.
Peter Costello can articulate a point far better than Joe Hockey. What's annoying about Pete is that he can be condescending about how he does it and in particular, that smirk.
I look at the leadership transition failure in the last term of the Howard government as one of failing to work out that transition amicably. This is a failure of both John Howard and Peter Costello.The difference is that Hockey has backbone. Costello was master of the smarta*se smirking reply, but lacked the guts to challenge Howard, thus ensuring six wasted years of Labor mismanagement.
I look at the leadership transition failure in the last term of the Howard government as one of failing to work out that transition amicably. This is a failure of both John Howard and Peter Costello.
Pete's problem was that he considered himself ordained for the role of PM. He clearly wasn't interested in the hard yards of Opposition Leader after the 2007 election. This is where he seriously let down the party.
I look at the leadership transition failure in the last term of the Howard government as one of failing to work out that transition amicably. This is a failure of both John Howard and Peter Costello.
Pete's problem was that he considered himself ordained for the role of PM. He clearly wasn't interested in the hard yards of Opposition Leader after the 2007 election. This is where he seriously let down the party.
I don't disagree with that.He let down more than just the party, mate. How many voters did they lose over that fiasco? The memory of that weakness is likely still hurting the Coalition voter base.
At the present time, the boxer should ignore the taunts from the glasses-wearing kid in the library.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-03/rudd-calls-for-three-debates-before-election-campaign/4797840
I haven't yet seen the actual interview.Did you notice that in that interview Rudd made a reference to "the election towards the end of the year".
The tone of the Hockey and Rudd interviews was similar imo. I felt Sales was off her game somehow, as though maybe she's not well.I haven't yet seen the actual interview.
I'll be particularly interested in how Leigh's style compares with Joe Hockey from last night.
The tone of the Hockey and Rudd interviews was similar imo. I felt Sales was off her game somehow, as though maybe she's not well.
Tonight she let Rudd ramble on and her interjections of attempting to bring him back to her question seemed half hearted.
Seeing Rudd again in the position of PM, and hearing every day his patronising, supercilious, egocentric assurances is quite dreadful. The idea that he is by god knows what means convincing the electorate that he's the saviour is much worse.
The tone of the Hockey and Rudd interviews was similar imo. I felt Sales was off her game somehow, as though maybe she's not well.
KEVIN RUDD: Well the bottom line is, Leigh, when we got to the events of last week, I did not bring on this challenge; Julia Gillard decided to call a leadership ballot; and secondly, she then vacated the leadership. And it was invited for all to put their hand up and to nominate, and I did that. And the second is this - the second point's really important. As we get close to the election at the end of the year, the bottom line is pretty transparent to us all. The Australian Labor Party and the Government was on track towards a catastrophic defeat and I wasn't about to stand idly by and see everything we've worked for or the last five or six years go down the gurgle as Mr Abbott set about ripping it apart. They are the essential two reasons and I s'pose there's one other reason: I think at this stage we need to bring forth some new policies as well.
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