Q. wrote:You need a great salesman to run a big item agenda like Labor's.Gozu wrote:bennymacca wrote:Franking credit changes are pretty sensible and pretty minor
My question is why even bring them up at all? Why not just wait till your in power to make a change like that?
Negative gearing was probably the only major policy they had and it's easy to be attacked on that
In hindsight, Labor's internal polling is known as the best in the business and by the looks of things they knew they were going to lose from the start hence appealing to their base/attacking the Libs base. It makes a bit of sense now in hindsight putting such a big target on your back like that if you know you need to go for broke.
One thing that puzzled me early in the campaign was Shorten following Morrison around everywhere they were campaigning in the exact same area in Tassie at one point and I thought that was weird as all the polls & betting markets had Labor romping it in. The ALP obviously knew and were on the defensive from the get go.
Last night I turned the TV on around 10pm expecting Labor to already have it in the bag by then to see the LNP on 74 seats to Labor's 66, my jaw hit the floor I've never been as shocked as this at an election result. The pollsters may never regain their credibility I mean betting agencies were already paying out on a Labor win on Friday. One guy bet $1 million on Labor, staggering stuff.
And Bill ain't ever been it.