Politician of the Year 2006
What, are you kidding?
John Tamihere Enough said.
Jim Anderton Is so irrelevant he lost his only Parliamentary colleague.
Nandor Tanczos Seen as more of a liabilioty he was dropped down the list by his party.
Rodney Hide From leading 8 MPs he now leads 1. Is he Parliament's next Jim Anderton? Or will he work a miracle in 2008?
Trevor Mallard This one's personal - if he doesn't want me as a constituent then he'd better resign as Hutt South MP. Apart from that, his NCEA is widely ridiculed, his school closure programme helped cost Jim Sutton his seat, and he presided over several scandals in tertiary education. Now in charge of Economic Development - a sure sign that a recession is coming.
Mike Williams If Labour had lost then they can blame just one man - Williams.
Runners-up:
Bill English Gave Trevor Mallard such a hard time in education he has been shifted out of the portfolio. Exposed problem after problem in Education - be it at secondary or tertiary level. Now giving David Benson-Pope a hard time.
Don Brash Kept the National Party momentum going and set the political agenda for most of the year. Points off for niavely thinking that the Exclusive Bretheren would be either under the radar, or a minor problem if exposed. Bonus points for having Judy Kirk and Steven Joyce on his side.
David Parker Not a unionist, or a teacher. His star is on the rise in Labour for a reason. Could find himself in charge of a major portfolio in 2008 - but probably from the opposition benches.
Judith Collins Ask Lilanne Dalziel and David Benson-Pope what they think of her. If two Ministers despise her that much she must be doing something right.
John Key Scored some good hits in the election. Now touted as a replacement for Don Brash, he has many Brash like qualities. Except he's younger, not saddled with Brash's baggage from the Reserve Bank and going up in the preferred PM stakes.
But the Winner is:
Helen Clark Kept hinting at an early election forcing the opposition to start campaigning early. Kept her cool when she was behind in the polls and held her nerve during the campaign. Not as assured as Helen Clark of 2000 and 2002, but still head and shoulders above anyone else.
John Tamihere Enough said.
Jim Anderton Is so irrelevant he lost his only Parliamentary colleague.
Nandor Tanczos Seen as more of a liabilioty he was dropped down the list by his party.
Rodney Hide From leading 8 MPs he now leads 1. Is he Parliament's next Jim Anderton? Or will he work a miracle in 2008?
Trevor Mallard This one's personal - if he doesn't want me as a constituent then he'd better resign as Hutt South MP. Apart from that, his NCEA is widely ridiculed, his school closure programme helped cost Jim Sutton his seat, and he presided over several scandals in tertiary education. Now in charge of Economic Development - a sure sign that a recession is coming.
Mike Williams If Labour had lost then they can blame just one man - Williams.
Runners-up:
Bill English Gave Trevor Mallard such a hard time in education he has been shifted out of the portfolio. Exposed problem after problem in Education - be it at secondary or tertiary level. Now giving David Benson-Pope a hard time.
Don Brash Kept the National Party momentum going and set the political agenda for most of the year. Points off for niavely thinking that the Exclusive Bretheren would be either under the radar, or a minor problem if exposed. Bonus points for having Judy Kirk and Steven Joyce on his side.
David Parker Not a unionist, or a teacher. His star is on the rise in Labour for a reason. Could find himself in charge of a major portfolio in 2008 - but probably from the opposition benches.
Judith Collins Ask Lilanne Dalziel and David Benson-Pope what they think of her. If two Ministers despise her that much she must be doing something right.
John Key Scored some good hits in the election. Now touted as a replacement for Don Brash, he has many Brash like qualities. Except he's younger, not saddled with Brash's baggage from the Reserve Bank and going up in the preferred PM stakes.
But the Winner is:
Helen Clark Kept hinting at an early election forcing the opposition to start campaigning early. Kept her cool when she was behind in the polls and held her nerve during the campaign. Not as assured as Helen Clark of 2000 and 2002, but still head and shoulders above anyone else.
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