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To: TimF who wrote (347100)	8/16/2007 4:32:37 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575538

"It was a pragmatic move in the sense that people where trying to figure out what would work best and than implement it." Yes. Which is the way it should be. "But it wasn't some attempt to balance out different ideological moves. " No. There were hurting. They couldn't afford the luxury of ideology. "There was an overall theme or direction." Yes. And that was to get out of the hole that they had dug for themselves. Both the Labor and the National party had contributed shovels to the campaign. It just happened to be the Labor party that started the ball rolling on filling the hole, but the National party built on it.