AUSTRALIA has two national political leaders. Two weeks ago one of them put all his chips onthe one roulette number and immediately called for the resignation of his opponent. In an odddistortion of timing he then awaited the roll of the ball. And lost spectacularly.
As a result, he was publicly eviscerated. Most commentators immediately wrote off his chances of winning the next election, pilloried him on the basis of his judgment and flawed character and when they were finished with his limp carcass gave him until Christmas before his party cut him down, out of the cold wind of public opinion.
As a result of this commentary the leader lost a record 40 net points in his poll ratings.
The other leader, facing what appeared to be initially serious questions about his integrity, fought his way out of what looked like a tight corner with a disciplined ferocity acknowledged almost universally by commentators as an awesome display of tactical brilliance and temperament. As a result of this commentary his poll ratings soared to unheard-of levels and his chances of winning the next election were declared virtually unassailable.
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