Is it over for Rann?

[Psyber]

Isobel's last [joking] comment to me was, "Wait till I demand a new desk!"
One of my Labor sources says a narrow win to Labor this time and a loss next time is what he party expect.
Looking forward to the match!

[fisho mcspaz]

I've had a gutful of both Labor and Liberal. Greens will get my vote this time around most likely. My sitting MP is an independent but he has a past history of changing his allegiances so I don't trust him.

[Psyber]

I've had a gutful of both Labor and Liberal. Greens will get my vote this time around most likely. My sitting MP is an independent but he has a past history of changing his allegiances so I don't trust him.

Isn't that the essence of being an independent - voting for whichever side they think is right about the issue on the table, rather than consistently backing one party?

[southee]

Calm down, Jimmy & Co, it's one opinion poll that shows Rann winning comfortably.

It took me a while to get to your comment, after wading through the usual "latte-socialist' crap and the appearance jokes.

What wrong with Latte's???? I prefer Cappuccino's myself R&B

[fish]

Isobel's last [joking] comment to me was, "Wait till I demand a new desk!"

HeHe that is quite funny!

But sorry Psyber, humour is not allowed in the Politics Forum.

[Bum Crack]

Isobel's last [joking] comment to me was, "Wait till I demand a new desk!"
One of my Labor sources says a narrow win to Labor this time and a loss next time is what he party expect.
Looking forward to the match!

Funny you say that. Barack Obama said the same thing to me at our yoga class a while back.

[Gozu]

I've had a gutful of both Labor and Liberal. Greens will get my vote this time around most likely. My sitting MP is an independent but he has a past history of changing his allegiances so I don't trust him.

Me too but then again I wouldn't vote Liberal even if I had a gun to my head. I'd vote Greens but then the preferences just go back to Labor. My local member is a complete drop kick in a safe Labor seat (Atkinson) so despite not being into video games might have to vote for Gamers4Croydon.

[Psyber]

Isobel's last [joking] comment to me was, "Wait till I demand a new desk!"
One of my Labor sources says a narrow win to Labor this time and a loss next time is what he party expect.
Looking forward to the match!

Funny you say that. Barack Obama said the same thing to me at our yoga class a while back.

I haven't met him obviously 'cos I don't do Yoga, but I've talked to Isobel at a couple of barbecues and that's where the quip came from.
Tuesday night I had dinner with a legal group that included Elliott Johnston - a former Communist Party candidate in SA - so I'm clearly ecumenical.
[He's looking a little frail at 92..]

I've had a gutful of both Labor and Liberal. Greens will get my vote this time around most likely. My sitting MP is an independent but he has a past history of changing his allegiances so I don't trust him.

Me too but then again I wouldn't vote Liberal even if I had a gun to my head. I'd vote Greens but then the preferences just go back to Labor. My local member is a complete drop kick in a safe Labor seat (Atkinson) so despite not being into video games might have to vote for Gamers4Croydon.

You can of course put the Greens first and fill out the paper to distribute your second and third preferences any way you like - you don't have to follow the party ticket.

[Gozu]

Isobel's last [joking] comment to me was, "Wait till I demand a new desk!"
One of my Labor sources says a narrow win to Labor this time and a loss next time is what he party expect.
Looking forward to the match!

Funny you say that. Barack Obama said the same thing to me at our yoga class a while back.

I haven't met him obviously 'cos I don't do Yoga, but I've talked to Isobel at a couple of barbecues and that's where the quip came from.
Tuesday night I had dinner with a legal group that included Elliott Johnston - a former Communist Party candidate in SA - so I'm clearly ecumenical.
[He's looking a little frail at 92..]

I've had a gutful of both Labor and Liberal. Greens will get my vote this time around most likely. My sitting MP is an independent but he has a past history of changing his allegiances so I don't trust him.

Me too but then again I wouldn't vote Liberal even if I had a gun to my head. I'd vote Greens but then the preferences just go back to Labor. My local member is a complete drop kick in a safe Labor seat (Atkinson) so despite not being into video games might have to vote for Gamers4Croydon.

You can of course put the Greens first and fill out the paper to distribute your second and third preferences any way you like - you don't have to follow the party ticket.

1. Anyone of importance you haven't met yet Psyber, other than Obama of course?

2. I don't know why I forgot that, it's what I always do too Libs second to bottom & Family First/Freedom Last bottom.

[fisho mcspaz]

I've had a gutful of both Labor and Liberal. Greens will get my vote this time around most likely. My sitting MP is an independent but he has a past history of changing his allegiances so I don't trust him.

Isn't that the essence of being an independent - voting for whichever side they think is right about the issue on the table, rather than consistently backing one party?

I mean he used to be a Labor MP and then he switched to Greens and now he is an independent.

[Psyber]

1. Anyone of importance you haven't met yet Psyber, other than Obama of course?
2. I don't know why I forgot that, it's what I always do too Libs second to bottom & Family First/Freedom Last bottom.

There are lots of "important" people I don't know, Gozu, but because of where I tend to live and where I socialise there are quite a few I do know reasonably well.
For example, I was introduced to John Hill within a few weeks of landing back in Adelaide. I hadn't gone to the function to meet him, but he was at the table I sat at.
I tend to cite my sources where I can, and say whom I am quoting, but I do understand that can be seen as big-noting.
It is a difficult balance to maintain...

But I also know a lot of people who aren't "important" in the sense of being public figures.
And some turn into public figures later, like Patrick McGorry whom I used to see regularly at functions in Melbourne.

[Psyber]

I mean he used to be a Labor MP and then he switched to Greens and now he is an independent.

Ah I see.. I get your point.

[Gozu]

1. Anyone of importance you haven't met yet Psyber, other than Obama of course?
2. I don't know why I forgot that, it's what I always do too Libs second to bottom & Family First/Freedom Last bottom.

There are lots of "important" people I don't know, Gozu, but because of where I tend to live and where I socialise there are quite a few I do know reasonably well.
For example, I was introduced to John Hill within a few weeks of landing back in Adelaide. I hadn't gone to the function to meet him, but he was at the table I sat at.
I tend to cite my sources where I can, and say whom I am quoting, but I do understand that can be seen as big-noting.
It is a difficult balance to maintain...

But I also know a lot of people who aren't "important" in the sense of being public figures.
And some turn into public figures later, like Patrick McGorry whom I used to see regularly at functions in Melbourne.

I wasn't having a go, just playing Psyber.

[Wedgie]

I thought I read somewhere that Green's preferences were going to Liberal this election?
Maybe I was drunk when I read it?

[Psyber]

1. Anyone of importance you haven't met yet Psyber, other than Obama of course?
2. I don't know why I forgot that, it's what I always do too Libs second to bottom & Family First/Freedom Last bottom.

I wasn't having a go, just playing Psyber.

It's OK.
I took the opportunity to answer the issue for you, and a few others I haven't responded to in the past, who may have been more serious in their digs...
There is sometimes only so much you can respond to in one post before you get flack for writing a "10,000 word essay"...

[Psyber]

I thought I read somewhere that Green's preferences were going to Liberal this election?
Maybe I was drunk when I read it?

That rings a bell with me too - there must have been a lover's spat between them and Labor at some time...

[Gozu]

The Advertiser poll talk on Poll Bludger:

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/ ... /#comments

[Leaping Lindner]

I thought I read somewhere that Green's preferences were going to Liberal this election?
Maybe I was drunk when I read it?

That rings a bell with me too - there must have been a lover's spat between them and Labor at some time...

Probably about the time Labor preferenced Family First over the Greens

Got Fielding a Senate seat and he's caused labor nothing but headaches.....karma's a bitch.

[fisho mcspaz]

I thought I read somewhere that Green's preferences were going to Liberal this election?
Maybe I was drunk when I read it?

That rings a bell with me too - there must have been a lover's spat between them and Labor at some time...

Probably about the time Labor preferenced Family First over the Greens

Got Fielding a Senate seat and he's caused labor nothing but headaches.....karma's a bitch.

I reckon Atkinson would fit right in at Family First.

[CK]

The interesting thing will be just how big an impact, in terms of preferences, some of the more "high profile, single issue minor parties" will have, such as Save the RAH, the St Clair lobby etc in this election. With discontent over the Premier on a range of issues, but some reluctance in some quarters to fully embrace Liberal, there may be a higher "protest vote/issue specific vote" in some seats that brings it down to the wire.

I also may have missed this, but is there a Save The Chelsea or similar issue party standing in that area?