griffith- comfortable win to labor, page-27

A loss by Glasson would be a hit to Conservative confidence despite the spin they will put on it.

Given the issues for the week were ones the Coalition wanted - bashing the ABC, bashing the unions and and bashing asylum seekers, I would have thought Glasson should have won. If he doesn't win, it must call into question the Tory strategy of polarising the public. And it doesn't help if you keep breaking promises and telling lies.

A backlash against Rudd for causing voters to go to the polls again does not seem to have amounted to much.