suggest that you read my post - re what howard left for keating/ hawke
and as far as not delivering - mmm - wasn't it howard who gave us "core and non core promises" - and the other day something about "in the context of the election debate" and it appears that his own wife mentioned something along the lines of " oh john - he will say anything, if he wants someone to do something for him - but it doesn't mean to say that he will do it " (or words to that affect)
let me think - ah yes - bob hawke, the union boss who controlled the labor party - and did a good job as a pm
it seems to be that the polls are saying that the electorate has woken up to your idol - jh, and are simply not listening.
of course, the only poll that matters, is the final one, but given the consistency of the polls, over such a period of time, there must be a message there somewhere.
when commention previously on the polls, costello said something along the lines, that when people get the benfits (from the lst budget) - they will think - ah where did that come from - and then start to think about the libs - but it did not happen. we were told that the polls were nothing more than the electorate haveing a good sense of humour, we were told that when the election was called, that people would start to focus on the issues, and there would be a narrowing of the polls . now we get jh saying that he will not comment on the polls
three weeks into the election campaign, and the only narrowing that is happening, is the narrowing chances of an election win for the libs.
howard tries to tell us, that the election is all about policy, not personalities. this must be a tacit admission that he knows that he is on the nose, with the electorate - after all, previous elections have been fought on the basis of "personalities" . it seems that for this election, john howard is not to be seen on a lot of advertising material. this begs the question - why are the libs not proud of their leader
sorry ben bradley - time for jh to be like moses, and lead the libs into the wilderness for the next 40 years (but note watso's words "time to lead them INTO the wilderness" of course, he will not lead them IN the wilderness. no doubt the libs will forever pay homage to jh, for the 40 years that they will spend in the wilderness - it will give them time to do some real soul searching.
howard should have been for generational change, when it was an issue last year. it is obvious that the libs themselves do not really want howard - so why should the electorate. in the end, howard showed himself to be nothing more than a meglomaniac.
oh - and wasn't it howard who always said that he would be leader, so long as the party wanted him - well, he said that on many an ocassion, but it seems that as usual, that would have been a "non core" statement
no doubt the labs will fool us, but it is simply their turn. despite what the libs try and tell us (of course, they want to stay in power - and of course, they will never admit that it is time for a change ) it actually is good to have a change of government, every so now and then. these things seem to have some sort of a cycle - like kennet out, thatcher out, etc - now it is time for howard -out
