The Penrith by-election
June 20th, 2010 at 7:46 am by David FarrarThere was a NSW state by-election in Penrith yesterday. This is one of the safest seats for Labor, in west Sydney.
In 2007 Labor’s primary vote was 49% and two party-preferred was 59%.
In the by-election Labor’s primary vote was 24% and two party-preferred 34%.
The next state election is March 2011, and federal election later this year.
Disgruntled Labor voters cited both state and federal issues as factors in their vote swing. There was also the local issue that the former MP resigned in disgrace for lying.
At a federal level the Labor MPs are getting very nervous and waiting for a Newspoll out later today, before deciding whether to try and roll Rudd.
A story today reports that the Greens Senate Leader, Bob Brown, has not been able to secure a meeting with Rudd for 15 months, unlike John Howard who often negotiated with minor parties to get bills passed in the Senate.
June 20th, 2010 at 7:53 am
Mr Rudd has little chance of winning the next election, he has become a liability for Labour.
Vote:http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/poll-the-key-as-mutineers-circle-kevin-rudd/story-e6frgczf-1225881585681
June 20th, 2010 at 8:13 am
Left leaning Governments are only a fair-weather aberrations, the conditions have to be good so they can TAX and spend. Just look how many Left leaning Governments have lost power or about to lose power when the conditions get tough.
Vote:June 20th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Can’t blame him for not meeting with Brown. What an odious political prostitute.
Vote:June 20th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Which one RB. Both are.
Rudd’s days are numbered and the next in line is a Helen fan.
New natuional anthem for the the Aussies.
GOD SAVE AUSTRALIA.
New anthem for Kiwi land.
ADVANCE NEW ZEALAND.
LUV IT.
Vote:June 20th, 2010 at 11:20 am
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Vote:June 20th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
“Rudd’s days are numbered and the next in line is a Helen fan.”
Woody Woodpecker will go down faster than Krudd.
Vote:June 20th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Nice to see socialists everywhere on the outer.
Labour in Australia only lasting one term and the Democrats in America getting routed in November.
Vote:June 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
So much for those who said Tony Abbot’s stand against the Global Warming regime would cost him votes-
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LABOR is facing political oblivion, with Premier Kristina Keneally having failed to woo angry western Sydney voters in Penrith.
In a devastating result for the State Government, Liberal candidate Stuart Ayres annihilated Labor, with former mayor John Thain suffering a two-party preferred swing of more than 25 per cent.
Across the polling booths, swings of up to 35 per cent were recorded in favour of the Coalition as voters turned their back on Labor.
Labor needs to lose only six seats to hand government to the Coalition.
Despite Ms Keneally’s personal popularity with voters, the backlash in the Western Sydney seat of Penrith was staggering.
If this swing were to be repeated uniformly in March, Labor would be facing a wipeout.
A repeat of the Penrith result across the State would leave only six Labor MPs in parliament.
http://www.news.com.au/national/how-labor-is-facing-total-wipeout-after-disasterous-nsw-by-election/story-e6frfkvr-1225881802649
Vote:June 20th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Rudd is such a disaster. I knew this back then. I still find it strange why he was so popular back at the last Aus election.
Obama is also hopeless. But, at least one can understand why he was popular.
Vote:June 20th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
“I still find it strange why he was so popular back at the last Aus election. ”
So much left wing influence in the media. Remember in that election how he posed as a fiscal conservative? Never challenged on this lie at the time, and now it is fully exposed, they’re still saying nothing. The mainstream media, so much of it contaminated by the left as they pretend to report objectively, is Labour’s front line.
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