Clutching at political straws

From SMH.com.au

If he could mobilise the entire 7 per cent, the Government would be back in business with 51 per cent of the vote, all else being equal which, of course, it never is.

An impossible ask. Howard's strength is clearly the economy but today's Nielsen poll showed just how far the PM is away from victory rather than delivering a glimmer of hope. It's a view not lost on those at the Liberal and Labor Party functions I attended last week.