Listening to the ABC radio news rrieotpng (again and again) Turnbull bagging the Government on the economy and reading The Australian wingnut commentary on how the Liberals can win the economic management argument and ultimately the next election, it is gobsmacking how smoothly lockstep the entire campaign is (Liberal, Oz, ABC), and how incredibly childish and naive.Polling is consistently showing that nobody cares (if they ever did, except in relation to home mortgages). Talk about yesterday's heroes and smelly old socks. The electorate does not care a toss whether the market still has a headache but is in recovery or whether borrowing rates are up or down a fraction of a percentage point. Most voters were given one thousand dollars to spend a few months ago. That was nice, next?There is a fascinating political argument going on in the US about health care, and a shadow debate happening here about the medicare rebate. To the extent that this is reported and discussed at all here, its all about whether Obama is losing popularity, and whether we have another TRIGGER!!! for a double dissolution that might give Malcolm a few more sleepless nights.Gah, when is the press gallery going to lift their game and report the real political debates in this country. Tip to journos: its not all about Malcolm's chances at the next election, or whether the Liberal Party can win the economic management argument, or about the health of that creature of fevered imaginations called the market .

by Mayu 09:23:54 PM 2012.02.26