It’s over

The actions in the Republican Party’s campaign is now all about positioning for 2012:
With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.
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McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several [...]

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Getting out in front

Here’s another observation relating to the importance of framing and controlling first impressions. Drew Westen, a psychology professor at Emory University, has written an article outlining how the Obama campaign needs to get their framing of the McCain-Palin ticket out there before the Republicans are able to deliver their own message at the RNC.
As I [...]

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Is anyone surprised?

John Howard, at the National Press Club yesterday:
I condemn what happened. It was an unauthorised document. It does not represent my views. It was tasteless and offensive. There are many, there are myriad legitimate criticisms that can be made of the Australian Labor Party, but I do not believe that the Australian Labor Party has [...]

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Let the last ditch stunts begin

Scaring people with the threat of invalid elections?
Beating up the fact that an advertisement used an actor?
Hoping for a hastily slapped-together sequel to the completely ineffective Sydney Declaration?
Somebody realises they are about to lose.

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What Jeremy said

How can any of Team Howard’s promises to fix, reform or improve things be taken seriously when they haven’t done those things during the past 11 years? This morning I saw an ad on TV from a Coalition candidate in a nearby electorate, telling voters how great a job the Coalition is going to do [...]

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In other news, water will be wet

The one-trick pony show goes on. Expect to be showered with promises. Don’t expect to be told which are non-core.

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Looking further up the road

MegaGeorge points out that the Libs’ advertising appears to be looking further down the road than 24th November. Here is the latest ad he is talking about:

Megalogenis notes that:
What it neglects to mention is the year when this hole is supposed to appear in Labor’s tax scales. It’s five years from [...]

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Spending spree

In the past few days, I haven’t had much to say about the new policies and spending announcements from Team Howard and Kevin Rudd. I am likely to continue this policy. I am afraid that I just don’t see much to say about it.
Both sides are trying to buy votes; both are launching initiatives that [...]

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Changing the message

The Libs are out in force today, trying to erase last night’s defeat from the media narrative as quickly as possible. The Captain is spruiking his climate fund, announced during last night’s shenanigans. The Mad Monk is throwing money at women who have had breast cancer, with the major funding component being for breast prostheses. [...]

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The House of Unrepresentatives

Team Howard’s approach of targeting the union links in Labor’s ranks are starting to get the attention they deserve. Jeremy Sear warns us of the impending threat from percussionists (watch out for castanets under the bed); Rex Ringschott at Club Troppo turns the mirror onto Team Howard.
Meanwhile, MegaGeorge runs the numbers and finds that the [...]

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