The last days of John Howard?

[Swagman]

Date: Thursday, 6 September 2007
Christian Kerr writes:

Crikey understands that John Howard will be considering his future in his few free moments this weekend. There is a strong possibility he will have made a decision before he goes back to work in Canberra and Parliament resumes next week to either resign or call an election.


John Howard’s government faces electoral annihilation – to use his word. He even faces the loss of his own seat. Arthur Sinodinos is missed. The Liberal machine is in disarray. Morale and momentum are dissipating in the face of persistent poor polling.


Crikey understands that the PM has discussed his future with his two closest advisers: his wife Janette and Graham Morris (senior Liberal sources say he discusses little with his parliamentary colleagues these days).

Will he resign?

Crucially, Crikey understands no one is telling him not to.

There is some speculation that, in a neat twist of history, Alexander Downer, the man who laid down his leadership for Howard back in 1995, Alexander Downer, may well be about to tap the PM on the shoulder.

Conjecture over the Prime Minister’s future has intensified in the past few days, with main sources citing Paul Kelly’s opinion piece in yesterday’s Australian .

"The Howard Government faces the prospect of political annihilation and the most serious defeat since the Liberal Party was created by Robert Menzies," Kelly said. "The sense of frustration within sections of the Howard Government is undisguised."
http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20070906-The-last-days-of-John-Howard.html

[Esra Star]

1. And good riddance to the little pos. nt

[BulletproofLandshark]

2. Aznar, Blair, and now Howard.

Just the latest Bush-loving poodle to take a fall.

Edit:I forgot about Berlusconi

[marions ghost]

3. So...

Aussies have seen the light ... it would seem. Hope he shoots through soon, to go cut some brush and contemplate his "legacy" also.

[Beerboy]

4. Huh. That would be a shame!

America could regain a lot of credibility and international good-will by marginalizing assholes like Howard. I can't think of one person I know that supports Bush or Howard.

[anniebelle]

5. Two peas in a pod .

I didn't think I would see a world leader (and I use that term loosely) could be as smarmy as our chimperor, but there they are. :puke:

[malaise]

6. He will lose that election

Good riddance