Walt has a fine record in providing clear messages to the electorate and developing strong relationships with the media and I look forward to working with him closely.
And if Walt can provide the same fearless advice as Toby Ziegler on The West Wing (without the national security leaks) then we'll be in good shape.
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If Walt is Toby in this life-imitates-soaps scenario, then who will he have the (corresponding to the one last Monday between Toby and Josh) unedifying intra-office punch-up with?
Given that it was over Josh's desertion to the succession's new contender's camp, Santos, the hypothetical stoush would have between George Svigos as Kim's Toby and "Joel Fitzgibbon, the chief spear carrier for Kevin Rudd's leadership quest" and Kev's Josh????
The important thing in this mapping exercise is: Does Santos win? No plot spoiling now out there, y'hear.
In the Iowa primaries episode we have Santos pointing out that the ethanol industry push, with it's excessiive fossil fuel inputs, doesn't make sense in net green CO2 terms, it's just a sop to the corn farmer lobby. Josh has kittens right to the last minute about whether Santos will "take the pledge" and toe the electability line. Couldn't happen here in RealOzPolitik could it?
Then there's the latest dilemma of the various states' irreconcilable demands on water resources. A veritable carillon of ringing bells n'est-ce pas? Australia gets a mention in the on-screen fictio-litany of other drought affected economies. CJ calls for a heads up on prospects for de-salination...
It's all a bit spookily familiar. You could be on to something here Kev with this Kirrabilli on Pennsylvania Avenue channeling.
Sincerely, GoodToBeWithYou
Goodta, I love your work.
Let's say Walt is Matt's Josh and leave it at that without spoiling the plot.
Although, thinking aloud, Josh is more to Matt than Walt will be to me - i.e. Josh is campaign manager (and potential Chief of Staff in a Santos White House) whereas Walt will focus on driving the message.
And in an increasingly Presidential Australian system (aka "the Rudd Government"), the need for staffers who focus on the policies and the message is critical to success.
Oh, and of course, the hiring of that strangely clever yet evil political fencesitter to replace Josh could never happen in Australian politics.
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