Any Takers?

In a national ACNielsen Poll fifty-four per cent nominated Mr Costello as the treasurer they would prefer, compared with 32 per cent who named Mr Crean. Labor has targeted Mr Costello by saying a vote for John Howard is a vote for a Costello government. Now this is only conjecture but what isn’t, what is a laid down fact, is that a vote for Latham is a vote for Crean as Treasurer. Frightening. Latham, can you let Crean out of his cage so the voters can remind themselves of the mans measure? Short. I like the add bringing up Latham’s history with the Liverpool City Council. Telling, isn’t it?. As Slatts says;

They’re even having sport with his lame slogan borrowed from the hapless Kerry campaign, “Ease the squeeze”. “Latham will squeeze the fees”, the Libs are ho-hoing in regard to his class-hatred inspired attack on private school grants. That’s without mentioning the council worker he king-hit, the road-rage incident with a council opponent, the arm-breaking attack on a Sydney taxi driver and the porn show he put on for his in-laws at a restaurant.

The Poll Bludger (scroll down to ‘Hold the Mayo) scribes on Brian Deegan, high-profile independent and would-be slayer of Alexander Downer.

…(Deegan) appeared to abandon any notion of extending his electoral appeal beyond the ideological fringe with his reaction to the Jakarta bombing, suggesting that the Australian Government ‘negotiate’ with Jemaah Islamiah”. The Advertiser today carries a poll conducted on Wednesday surveying 530 voters in the seat of Mayo which puts support for Deegan at 13.5 per cent after the undecided vote is distributed, seven points down on a similar poll conducted in May. Downer is safe and sound on 53 per cent. The poll will come as a shock to the Australian Democrats, who came agonizingly close to winning the seat in 1998 but are now recording a miserable 1 per cent.

13.5 % is not a surprise, however it does reinforce one’s faith in the Aussie voter’s ability to recognize an ideological fool. Meanwhile the latest Morgan Poll gives it to Labour as they report two-party support for the ALP was down 1.5% to 53% while Coalition support was up to 47%. This would suggest a comfortable Labor win, if the same result is achieved in the election on 9 October 2004. Palmer’s Oz Politics has a good summary of this and of Centrebet odds that are being repeatedly quoted as a better indicator than polls. Under the heading – Another day, another millimetre in Howard’s direction, odds are heavily in favour of the Coalition with quotes of Coalition $1.28: Labour $3.30 Looking for a bet on the outcome? Yobbo is offering up to take bets up to and including $1000 AUD. So – any takers? None so far and commenter Paul from Paul and Carls nails it in his usual subtle and genteel manner;

I haven?t been able to get any takers, offering 3.1 on the One pod sod. Could only get one $20 bet on Kerry- none of these pinkos will put their money where their skip-like gobs are; pansies.