Should Kim Beazley lead the Labor Party to next election in Australia? If not, who should?
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Saani is basically correct.\n\nI believe that the issue is not just of finding someone to control the Labour factions, but rather to invest a few years in destroying the factions and rebuilding something new.\n\nIf the horse is wild, unpredictable and throws the jockey constantly...you dont need a better jockey, you need a new horse.\n\nFactionalism in The ALP is primitive and a left over from a time when politcs was secretive and a mystery to all but the faithful.\n\nTodays generation just wont stand for it.  If they cant understand the "mechanism", they just wont trust you enough to vote for you.\n\nChanging technology such as the internet has brought an immediacy and transparency into the political forum for all parties...but for Labour its almost "MASONIC like" secrecy and foundation upon a myriad of smaller parties leaves it vulnerable and weak.\n\nGod help the Country if if Librals make a mistake and loose an election and Labour think they have won the lottery without cleaning up their act first.
160824
John McCain is their best hope. Anyone else will help them loose the election against Hillary. If Hillary doesn't run for the Dems, then its open season for the GOP.
604319
Well it would probably have to be a Caucasian male.\nAll those people freaked out by a woman or a minority would need someone they're used to seeing in politics.\n\nI'd like to see:\nRuss Feingold - he seems to be the only one willing to stand up to the current adminstration.\n\nHowever she'd probably have to pick some even more conservative Southerner (like John Edwards) to try to appeal there.\n\nPersonally I think her current "moderate" leanings are turning off the people on the left who think she's selling out too much.\n\nInteresting question to ponder, thanks for posting.\n\n:)
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How about Angela Merkel?
221828
America should give BUSH & CHANEY the boot. how do you guys over there put up with leaders like that? Gosh in australia we have such a good welfare system, health, education, criminal justice. your leaders are to focussed on political power and global power to give a damn about the welfare of citizens. kick em out and i'll come over and show you all how it should be done.
680694
GST Costello?  The turncoat social democrat who never saw a trade union he didn't try to break?  Not bloody likely!  He'd be an improvement over Howard, of course; who wouldn't?  Even nutters like ASP, the Fishing Party and the Great Australia Party would have to listen to the rest of Oz in a way that Howard refuses to!
1170640
I think that I would vote for the person running that I feel would be most qualified to get us out of the mess that the current Hawks has got us into. That person could very well be Hilliary Clinton if running against a incompentant person with an private agenda and an ax to grind.
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I think she has been doing a great job as an opposition party leader and her questions just make the ruling party leaders stun.You could have seen her work in the news channels on saturday's meeting. Anyway, even if she becomes the C.M. after 5 years ,I bet no one can question her work. I think she will be the next C.M.
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All i know is he is a total tool.  What about the promises he made before becoming Prime Minister?  He said he would never introduce a GST and he said he would never sell off Telstra.  I personally despise his new Industrial Laws as well....\n\nYet again Kim Beazley is a twit too....How do u mistaken Rove McManus as Karl Rove?  I hope he never becomes PM either!
797586
I would say either Dick Durbin (Illinois) or Hillary Clinton (New York) or Barack Obama (Illinois)! Those three seem to be the party leaders anyway!
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the strong contenders next election are...\n\nSen Panfilo Lacson\nSen Mar Roxas\nSen Manny Villar
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I think they will not gain at all.  I think that they may trade a few seats here and there.  I believe that the party has no message or plan to "fix" all the things they complain about.  If they bring their "A" game they could win big, but not until they replace Howard Dean.
1060469
they should get the aussie coach hes great!
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Title: Leader of The Nationals; Deputy Prime Minister; Minister for Transport and Regional Services. \nParty: The Nationals \n\n\nParliament House Contact\nPO Box 6022\nHouse of Representatives\nParliament House\nCanberra ACT 2600\nTel: (02) 6277 7680\nFax: (02) 6273 4126\n\nMark Anthony James Vaile (born 18 April 1956), Australian politician, is Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the National Party of Australia. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Lyne, New South Wales.\n\nVaile was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and worked as a farm machinery retailer and stock and station and real estate agent before entering politics. He has never farmed his own land. He was a member of the Greater Taree City Council 1985-93, including three years as Deputy Mayor.\n\nVaile is married with three daughters and lives on a 40 ha (approx 99 acres) rural property outside Taree, New South Wales.\n\nVaile was Assistant National Party Whip 1994-96 and National Party Whip 1996-97. In 1997 he was appointed Minister for Transport and Regional Development, and in 1998 he became Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In July 1999, following the resignation of Tim Fischer and the election of John Anderson as National Party leader, he was elected the party's Deputy Leader and became Minister for Trade. When John Anderson resigned in 2005, Vaile was elected Leader unopposed. On 6 July 2005 he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister.
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Howie!!\nJanellle!!\nKasyer!!\n                         So Vote For Them!!!
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gazza for prime minister you need a medal pal, if you need any help give setting up the party give me a shout
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John Howard is the prime minister.