by Grahaml » Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:57 pm
Hard to see Labor winning the next election. I'm not sure Albanese is as popular as some would believe either. They're largely inept and even when they try to make a stand their position seems to very quickly become untenable. Even when they may have a point, it's dead easy for the Liberals to point to the deficit and you kinda imagine Labor as the guilty kid drawing pictures on the floor with his foot.
I personally believe that Liberal winning the next election is the best result. I think they're improving as a government and Abbott himself is becoming more at ease with his role. For his massive awkwardness and the prejudicial hatred so many felt, ultimately I think he'll wind up a reasonable PM. Certainly better than Rudd IMHO. But it feels a lot like they just haven't had the chance to make any inroads on the budget. Some aspects of their tenure have proven successful (the ALP won't dare touch border protection again) but with the ALP, the Greens and Palmer all wrestling over who gets to be the opposition it's been an unusual challenge getting anything passed. Usually you find the balance of power held by some ultimately reasonable people, not several groups digging their heels in like 2 year olds who didn't get ice cream for dinner. Hopefully the next election addresses that balance. If not, I would not be upset to go back again so we can see the back of Lambie, Muir, Lazarus, any remaining Palmer puppets and hopefully a Green or two. I really liked the upper house mix with a government trying to govern, an opposition presenting the counter on every topic (a devil's advocate if you will) and then a group in the middle that weigh up both sides on merit.