Excellent, I enjoy your work.

Yes and it was overwhelmingly Republicans going “you Dems can’t tell me what to do”.

Also, one thing no one factored in was being able in some places to vote against abortion laws but also against Harris. Own goal (if it was a Dem initiative).

Endorsements don’t mean much. Ppl like to think they are considering all the points of view and deciding for themselves. That whole permission structure thing for Reps, yeah, not really …

It seems as though the crucial change came in the late deciders, on or just before election day, breaking decisively for Trump. So you did get it right, right up to that moment, but there needs to be a science of why that happened and how to tap it. (And, Trump is just so fkn lucky).

Sure is getting that way. Almost at the point where I don't care if Albanese fucks off, so can understand if there's a national mood in that direction.

Enjoyed this piece, but wd add, voters generally don't say thanks once you've done something "for them" - "we deserved that anyhow" - only the promise gets rewarded at ballot box. So even the best-intentioned govt (eg federal Labor)will still get turfed (not saying that's always a bad thing either)

The similarity is with the Brexit vote, and instant (and continuing) buyer's regret.

Yep, agree.

seems like a version of the phenomenon the world over where govts get no credit for benefits they gave people — “yeah but we deserved that” — and are punished nevertheless for perceptions of what they didn’t do (and what the other lot says they will).

Yes, what an excellent idea, shame it can't be recycled the way most bad ones are!

Fwits who see how the vaccines turned an often deadly illness killing people and destroying economies into a mostly mild one and extrapolate that back to "see, everyone overreacted". Sheer partisan pig ignorance.

I feel as though there's been such kudos given those in the 7.30 chair (since KOB) for gotcha moments it became a big focus for them. And yeah, Tingle doesn't bother with that shite.

“vast carelessness”, what a phrase.

Never ceases to surprise that society sends its brightest off to uni (and smartest of all to study medicine), but those not smart enough to do so always think they understand the world better and should run it.

Yes, hard to be sure if we’re responding somehow to opposition ‘messaging’ or if he is just very average at thinking on his feet, speaking off the cuff, articulating a vision (or anything much really) and essentially another expert backroom operator exposed by the Peter Principle. Or not.

A very very good point.

All the politically motivated morons who felt LW state governments were getting too much credit, caught Covid themselves then with the benefit of two vaccinations went, see, it's only mild, what was the panic, they tanked the economy for no reason... that's how it went down in Oz anyhow.