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...many Laboristas, Latham has revitalized his party - and politics. The buzz he generates goes beyond Canberra. Ordinary folk are curious. Latham has even got Prime Minister John Howard's pulse racing - something his predecessors rarely managed over the past eight years - thanks to Labor's turnaround in opinion polls and Latham's honeymoon with the press. A general election is due this year, and if it is fought on leadership and experience, voters will be asked to choose between a fresh-faced father of two young boys and a Prime Minister at the height of his powers who has reached...
...Latham did not overdo it. He was measured, humble and did not stray from a long-standing platform. There were powerful visual images ("I want to save at the center of government and send services and assistance to communities on the edge") as well as clever lines (Howard's "waiting-list nation"). And, as Latham spoke from memory, with karate-chop hand gestures, somehow he seemed to embody Labor's traditional message of "opportunity...
...there is a radical heart to Latham's pitch. Like anti-politician Howard Dean in the U.S., he acknowledges that there is something rotten at the core of politics. Latham, who wants more grass-roots participation in the process, committed himself to the great national purpose of "reinventing and revitalizing our democracy." That he did so before the supreme policymaking body of his party was incongruous, given that Labor's power bloc is far from ready to relinquish its traditional role. He identified too much campaign spinning and stage management as a contributor to public cynicism, but did not include...
Latham Mark II is not taking the bait. He is off the angry pills. Before the cameras, Latham now reflexively refers to the Conservative leader as Mr. Howard. He speaks in a controlled way about his opponents and does not show annoyance with persistent questioning or hectoring. When it comes to his own party, Latham does not travel with the baggage of being an insider or power broker - or as a front for other interests. How much will the party be prepared to bend to Latham's command? That will depend - as it did for Whitlam and Bob Hawke...
...American (if your definition of "American" was frozen in 1954). But there is growing evidence that the election of 2004 is inventing its own rules. Indeed, the Democratic primaries have demolished--delightfully--most of what passes for conventional wisdom these days. The importance of money and organization, for starters. Howard Dean had lots of both, and where did it get him? In any case, the Democratic nominee will have plenty of cash to compete with the Bush bankroll: liberal gazillionaires have pledged tens of millions, with more to come, to independent organizations like MoveOn.Org, which have the right...