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Rich of Observationz

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:24:39 +1200

Key's going to get rolled as soon as he's elected, isn't he? They'll send him off to be head of the WTO or something and we'll get Bill English. Or Don Brash. Or John Banks.

Rich of Observationz

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:22:19 +1200

she as PM should do something about the culture that allowed two little children to be killed

Want to point to a culture where that doesn't happen?

Austria maybe – nice wholesome yodelling people, only a few of whom lock their kids in cellars and make more kids with them.…

Paul Williams

Thu, 29 May 2008 13:12:05 +1200

National is exhibiting a kind of in-time responsiveness to public whimsey that is sadly lacking in the Labour Party's responses to public whimsey.

Nice take.

Labour won't listen is the message from the Nats, but what worries me is that Key listens and speaks quickly enough but clearly doesn't understand.…

Kyle Matthews

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:11:09 +1200

If Miss Clark genuinly thought there was a problem rather than tell the police how to do their job, she as PM should do something about the culture that allowed two little children to be killed

At a post-cabinet meeting media conference?

I'm not sure the PM fronting up to…

Paul Campbell

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:08:28 +1200

I've twice gotten a 'push poll' from the Nats since I came back from the US (it was quite unsophisticated and obvious in comparison to some of those I've had foisted on my in the US) – I called Katherine Rich (my local Nat MP – it was sent to…

Russell Brown

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:51:28 +1200

How can we be expected to vote for politicians whose spin and self-promotion is so slow? If they can't handle their own self-aggrandising, whichever-the-wind-blows PR (which is after all their primary skill set) surely they are not capable of running the country.

It's all about experience. Helen Clark wouldn't have…

Angus Robertson

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:30:10 +1200

Helen Clark and her caucus could learn a lot. National is exhibiting a kind of in-time responsiveness to public whimsey that is sadly lacking in the Labour Party's responses to public whimsey.

More than a day it took for Labour polling to determine that spin of an effective, informative, conference…

Raymond A Francis

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:25:58 +1200

Don
My point is, that to my eye the anger is not genuine but manufactured in response to a poll that suggest that ordinary NZers are angry
If Miss Clark genuinly thought there was a problem rather than tell the police how to do their job, she as PM should…

Ian MacKay

Thu, 29 May 2008 09:49:32 +1200

Does this explain the curious way in which John Key appears to give differing messages to different audiences? Must be very hard unless you are a 2nd hand car salesman.

Don Christie

Thu, 29 May 2008 08:59:10 +1200

Actually, I am sure most of the polling you describe is also about advertising the party – I certainly got that feeling when ACT polled me three years ago. I believe that polling escapes having to be declared as an electoral expense (or used to be). Another way of escaping…

Raymond A Francis

Thu, 29 May 2008 08:29:09 +1200

Now you are being silly David
Do you think Miss Clarks faux anger about the police handling twins deaths came from the heart
Focus group polling pulls her strings as it does the other major parties
You could just about hear the clacking of the cue cards (nice line by…

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Thu, 29 May 2008 08:29:09 +1200

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