May 06, 2003
POLLS CONTINUE to show Crean
POLLS CONTINUE to show Crean sliding, Beazley rising, and Howard coasting:
More than 50 per cent of Labor voters want Kim Beazley to return as party leader, but barely one in 10 says Simon Crean should keep the top job.
A special Age-ACNielsen poll also reveals that Labor's primary vote has dropped to 35 per cent, its lowest level in 100 years, as Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition holds a 53-to-47 lead over Labor in two-party-preferred terms.
Mr Howard also has opened a 42-point gap over Mr Crean as preferred prime minister.
Meanwhile, the Sydney Morning Herald portrays the Prime Minister as a dog in an illustration alongside Texan SMH intern Leo McKinney's confession that he is ashamed that George W. Bush is from his home state. Leo is obviously angling for a naked Entertainment Weekly photoshoot.
Posted by Tim Blair at May 6, 2003 03:17 AM