whilst the conservative Coalition didn't have a snowflake's chance in hell
Not on the night, anyway. IMHO, as of two years ago they stood a very good chance of winning before they threw it away on factional infighting. I didn't have much time for Brogden, but the way the Right knifed him was ugly enough to hurt the Liberals' chances, and Debnam was hopeless - he should have been able to maul Labor when Orkopoulos and Scully came to grief, and instead he overreached and made allegations against Bob Debus that he couldn't back up. And so on.
I will be interested to see how O'Farrell goes. He's been gearing up for this for a long time; I get the impression he decided to let the Right burn themselves out before taking a run at leadership.
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Date: 2007-03-27 01:18 pm (UTC)Not on the night, anyway. IMHO, as of two years ago they stood a very good chance of winning before they threw it away on factional infighting. I didn't have much time for Brogden, but the way the Right knifed him was ugly enough to hurt the Liberals' chances, and Debnam was hopeless - he should have been able to maul Labor when Orkopoulos and Scully came to grief, and instead he overreached and made allegations against Bob Debus that he couldn't back up. And so on.
I will be interested to see how O'Farrell goes. He's been gearing up for this for a long time; I get the impression he decided to let the Right burn themselves out before taking a run at leadership.