Speaking on ABC North Coast Radio this morning (Monday 5 November), political commentator Mungo McCallum said the National Party flunked the preselection test when deciding on its candidates in the northern NSW electorates of Richmond and Page. He said it was a case of the 'wrong candidate in the wrong electorate'.
MCCallum said that as a result of forces associated with retiring MP for Page, Ian Causley, the Nationals have Chris Gulaptis as their candidate in Page after Gulaptis defeated Dr Sue Page for the Nat's preselection.
MCCallum reckons Dr Page, who subsequently stood for and won Nat's preselection for Richmond, has no hope of beating the incumbent, Labor's Justine Elliot, but would have comfortably secured Page for the Nats.
As for newcomer Gulaptis, who relied heavily on Causley's forces to get him across the line and get the guernsey at preselection, McCallum is not so sure and reckons the Nats overall did themselves no favours in going for Gulaptis who has little or no recognition factor in the northern part of the electorate.
Will Ian Causley's forces be responsible for the Nat's losing Page again?
Monday, 5 November 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment