Things aren’t looking great for Tony Mooney’s second shot at the big time.
While, judging by Julia’s visits, ALP campaign polling is showing Herbert as still winnable, the Lib’s polling is presumably showing the same thing (given the Monk’s new-found fondness for the town).
Given that the seat is so tight Mooney won’t be happy to learn today that the Greens will not preference him and will not hand out how-to-votes on the day. This decision will invariably lead to the loss of green preferences on the day and is of course contrary to the Greens’ national deal with the ALP – a very open demonstration that, locally, the Greens memories are verrrry long.
But it seems that many in the ALP locally have long memories too! I hear that a number of Branches around town are having trouble getting a booth roster together for the day - it seems that members of the left in particular just can't bring themselves to help the man they've come to loath.
The fly-in fly-out count will be interesting to watch over the next couple of weeks as the leaders time and the campaign dollars gets concentrated on the must win seats (for the ALP, read "must keep seats" of which Herbert of course isn't one) - it will be an early indicator of the likely outcome locally.
1 comment:
i watch a lot of tv but i am yet to see a 'tony mooney' advertisement, for sure there are julia gillard ads and mike brunker ads but no tony. could mean the party don't want to waste money on a lost cause or that he's got it won. maybe saving for the last week. asking all readers to report one when you see one?
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