THE YEAR MY POLITICS BROKE; CONTENTS; AUTHOR'S NOTE; 1 Carry on regardless; 2 Rudd and the insiders; 3 Soap before substance; 4 Men and women of Australia; 5 Class war; 6 The hip pocket: Budget politics; 7 Politics almost working; 8 Truth in the Telstra pits; 9 The moral dimension; 10 Killing the planet; 11 Sliding to the centre; 12 Leadership: That's the thing; 13 Abbott PM and Rudd redux
Summary
Is there more to politics than politics? What about sincere belief? Or conviction? Both are missing in action, trumped by political expedience. We#x92;ve just sat through an election campaign in which the major parties fought a pitched battle over precious little, two bitterly adversarial political organisations scrambling desperately for the middle ground, aiming for the broadest common denominator. But the problem is bigger than just this election. We are living through a moment in which the pursuit of power seems the sole objective of politicalactivity. True for Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and
