of marsupials and prime ministers

Via counterspin, this:

"I have thrown a grenade but it is only the first week of the campaign. John Howard still has time to show true leadership."
--Russell Galt.

...beautiful. And this:

The Australian goes a step further, quoting an unnamed advertising source that suggests the Liberal campaign would turn Latham into "a negative brand proposition. "There will be a (mnemonic) device that they are going to attach to Latham," the source said.

It'll have to be good to compete with Lying Rodent.