Quote:Mr Howard was the best PM. Well one cannot imagine why.
John had very good intuition.
He had very good "emotional intelligence"
I believe bob hawke also had this.
It is the ability to "absorb" by "osmosis" the "mood " of the electorate.
You cant teach this stuff.
You have it or you dont,
Its slightly feminine, like a "womans intuition"
I feel shorten has shown he doesnt have it and milne and the greens never have.
My gut instincts and i think the gut instincts of all those who are in tune with the electorate would say that labor have made a terrible mistake by siding with the greens and blocking this.
They have really played directly into abbotts hands.
Amazing that people can make it to the top of the pile and yet have such bad instincts.
My instincts tell me labor had a great opportunity to split with the greens and make a statement but they have missed it.
Abbott will sleep very well knowing he has a party of "emotionally unintelligent ' people to manipulate.