If he wins, it will not be because he is loved or admired. He will win because he will force the electorate to choose the least worst option. He will campaign as the leader perceived to be a better economic manager and the leader better at fighting the unions.
Bill Shorten is likely to lose but he will go into the campaign with vastly better odds than he could have imagined a few short months ago. And, in a two-party system with the polls at 50:50, it is always possible that he could win. Turnbull has managed to descend from being an irresistible leader to being the least worst.
TB will fight election as just another politician
This double dissolution thing just got very real. Not that it has made the circumstances leading up to it any less strange nor its outcome any more predictable.
They have taken a big risk by sticking to their guns, but to their credit, they at least did it quickly Malcolm Turnbull rolls the dice and-now his fate now rests in an unlikely budget
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's recall of Parliament to secure a July 2 election has delivered unintended and potentially damaging consequences for the Liberals, with the Senate agreeing to hold a snap inquiry into political donations which will target the dealings of Cabinet Secretary Arthur Sinodinos Arthur Sinodinos to front senate inquiry over liberal fundraising
I SUSPECT THIS IS DEPRESSINGLY COMMON: Chaos in New York Polls: Brooklyn Poll Worker Caught Committing Probable Voter Fraud Felony.
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I SUSPECT THIS IS DEPRESSINGLY COMMON: Chaos in New York Polls: Brooklyn Poll Worker Caught Committing Probable Voter Fraud Felony.
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