I have been trolled by Paul Kelly. They are very skilled at their job and get me occasionally.

THE 2007 election has ripped open a chasm in the Liberal Party. Don't doubt that this is a crisis.

The Liberals still have their branch structure, are still the one of the two major parties in this country and only five years ago held power in half the state governments as well as the national government. So many of the Labor state governments are on the nose from being in power too long that some are going to flip to Liberal soon - probably next election in WA if not NSW.

I know the op-ed writers sell drama as much as trolling. But seriously, the Liberals will be fine. They will do six to ten years in opposition at the national level and then have government again.

There is no natural party of government. (more)
I dont watch cable news as I have little faith in its quality of news reporting. I was at Dulles airport the other morning waiting for a plane and the monitors were all on CNN. This interview, or mpre accurately, piece of drama, ran as a news item on the morning CNN news. Basically Larry King trolled Jerry Seinfield with an outrageous and erroneous comment and Seinfield reacted emotionally. This is trolling. It is not discourse. (more)
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