Barracking for your own political team rarely helps it
I was puzzled watching the Liberal Party spokeswomen fervently trying to spin the Dunkley by-election defeat of their team as some kind of victory. The claims that a normal size swing in one electorate was a precursor to a future win at a full House of Representatives election was simply ridiculous. It showed no such thing. The Liberals will need to do far better than they did on Saturday to oust Labor when the general election day comes. Far better to describe Dunkley as merely a small step in the right direction. Playing politics as the underdog helps more than being a braggard.