More so the plan he had where you were to be voting for SA Best in this election so when the next election comes around Labor will throw lots of money into the area to win the seat back and even the Libs might think they're a chance so they will too.
Something similar worked for Waite - Martin HS got a lot of money out of the SA-ALP for his a electorate as part of his deal with them, and detailed it in his recent electorate newsletter which was his farewell to politics.
Ditto Peter Lewis and his deal.
In retrospect it's amazing how little blame the SA ALP have got for elevating that nutter
Labor has cut a preference deal with Australian Conservatives in which the latter will direct preferences to Labor ahead of the Liberals in the crucial seat of Lee, and run split tickets in two other tight Labor marginals, Light and Newland. In return, Labor will recommend the party be given third preference after the Greens in the upper house, although the experience of the 2016 election suggests this will have very little impact. The Conservatives’ state leader, Dennis Hood, told the Advertiser was not directing preferences to the Liberals in Lee because the Liberals hadn’t asked.
"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment" – Warren Bennis
Labor has cut a preference deal with Australian Conservatives in which the latter will direct preferences to Labor ahead of the Liberals in the crucial seat of Lee, and run split tickets in two other tight Labor marginals, Light and Newland. In return, Labor will recommend the party be given third preference after the Greens in the upper house, although the experience of the 2016 election suggests this will have very little impact. The Conservatives’ state leader, Dennis Hood, told the Advertiser was not directing preferences to the Liberals in Lee because the Liberals hadn’t asked.
In some ways its amazing it only took 20 years for him to bite off more than he could chew
What happened this time was that some people, for a short period of time anyway, took him seriously and he worked out how hard it actually is to present himself as a policy maker as opposed to front page stunt puller*.
In some ways its amazing it only took 20 years for him to bite off more than he could chew
What happened this time was that some people, for a short period of time anyway, took him seriously and he worked out how hard it actually is to present himself as a policy maker as opposed to front page stunt puller*.
Quite, also there's a reasonable cross-section of the community, including myself, who appreciate the work he does as an advocate on some issues and agree he plays an important role in putting them on the agenda.
In some ways its amazing it only took 20 years for him to bite off more than he could chew
What happened this time was that some people, for a short period of time anyway, took him seriously and he worked out how hard it actually is to present himself as a policy maker as opposed to front page stunt puller*.
Quite, also there's a reasonable cross-section of the community, including myself, who appreciate the work he does as an advocate on some issues and agree he plays an important role in putting them on the agenda.
This is very different to holding any real power.
theres also a very big difference between the man himself and the people he has dragged in as candidates.
I would happily vote for Xenophon if I was in his electorate or if he was in the senate. But given he is neither of those things I am finding it hard to vote for his party
In some ways its amazing it only took 20 years for him to bite off more than he could chew
What happened this time was that some people, for a short period of time anyway, took him seriously and he worked out how hard it actually is to present himself as a policy maker as opposed to front page stunt puller*.
Quite, also there's a reasonable cross-section of the community, including myself, who appreciate the work he does as an advocate on some issues and agree he plays an important role in putting them on the agenda.
This is very different to holding any real power.
Part of the reason the ALP is still favored to hold off Marshall's challenge, can people hand Marshall the power with confidence?
jo172 wrote: In some ways its amazing it only took 20 years for him to bite off more than he could chew
What happened this time was that some people, for a short period of time anyway, took him seriously and he worked out how hard it actually is to present himself as a policy maker as opposed to front page stunt puller*.
Quite, also there's a reasonable cross-section of the community, including myself, who appreciate the work he does as an advocate on some issues and agree he plays an important role in putting them on the agenda.
This is very different to holding any real power.
Part of the reason the ALP is still favored to hold off Marshall's challenge, can people hand Marshall the power with confidence?
This is just plainly incorrect. The ALP Statewide will likely poll 30-35% primary vote. This puts them in a Statebank level of Primary Support.
Take out the Xenophon factor and you likely get a result very similar to 2014 but after redistribution (26-20-2).
jo172 wrote:Ah the traditional ALP burying the embarassing report until post election strategy.
If there ever is a change of government in this stage the skeletons in various closets will be catacombs like.
Martin HS said to acquaintances (including me) recently when asked what he was going to do now, "I've got a couple of books in me..." That may be interesting.
jo172 wrote:Ah the traditional ALP burying the embarassing report until post election strategy.
If there ever is a change of government in this stage the skeletons in various closets will be catacombs like.
Martin HS said to acquaintances (including me) recently when asked what he was going to do now, "I've got a couple of books in me..." That may be interesting.
Dogwatcher wrote:The debate on 891 right now is gold.
Missed it. High(low)lights?
Marshall targeting Xenophon regarding deal with Labor. Marshall absolutely putting the kybosh on any deal with Xenophon. Weatherill's sonorous voice making Marshall sound like a whiney bitch.
You're my only friend, and you don't even like me.
