Blog Bits
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm by David FarrarMarc Ambinder at The Atlantic blogs on the numbers showing how tough it will be for Hillary Clinton to pull back Obama’s lead. He finds that even a rosy scenario has Clinton only reducing Obama’s lead by 60 – 80 delegates.
Colin Espiner blogs on the latest polls.
Keeping Stock blogs a quote from Helen Clark on the sacking of the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board:
“But my view is that I don’t really care what the rights and wrongs of what was going on within the board are – I don’t believe that you can run a decent health service for the people of Hawke’s Bay while that is going on.”
I should think the PM should deeply care about the rights and wrongs. The members of the DHB whose reputations are affected by this sacking certainly care.
Russell Brown comments on his blog on the context around the photo of him at the Hero Debate.
Whale Oil has a video on Labour’s health problems.
Paul Walker has a hilarious video on economics. Yes seriously it is funny.
Tags: Barack Obama, Blog Bits, Colin Espiner, Hawke's Bay DHB, Health, Helen Clark, Hillary Clinton, Polls, Russell Brown, United States, Whale Oil, You Tube
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
And NZ Debate has a post revealing what the Green party is made of !!
http://nzdebate.blogspot.com/2008/03/green-party-exposed.html
Vote:March 3rd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
“Paul Walker has a hilarious video on economics. Yes seriously it is funny.”
That video is by this guy:
http://standupeconomist.com/
Vote:March 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Yes, I can imagine looking at the wrongs of the situation at the HB DHB might be a low priority. Especially if they happened to be embarrassing for a certain former minister.
Vote:March 3rd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
The members of the DHB whose reputations are affected by this sacking are as nothing compared to the reputations of Annette and Ray and their buddy Hausman.
All of the previously mentioned are of course of no importance at all compared to the re election of ME.
Signed Helen.
Vote:March 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
The Standupeconomist is WELL worth a watch!
Vote:March 4th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Have the Hawkes Bay DHB thought about an action for unjustified dismissal? That would look good in an election year!
Vote:March 4th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Clark’s remarks are yet another balls up on her part. One wonders why the AG isn’t taling more of an interest but perhaps he is waiting for the result of the council’s attempts to get a judicial review of Cunliffe’s decision. There is more to come but the MSM need to keep digging on this one. Parliament will also be interesting as parlimentary privelege may allow things to be said there which could not be said in the public domain.
Vote:March 4th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I reckon there is a smoking gun in the HBDHB affair that if it goes off may well see the end of the Socialists even to the point of a early election.
My old auditors nose tells me there is something that Cunliffe is very desperate to keep hidden. If I was the SFO and AG I would be in there turning the place inside out to find the bodies.
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