And the winner is:
| Treasurer Scott Morrison | 74% |
| PM Malcolm Turnbull | 71% |
| Andrew Robb | 59% |
| Captain Glenn Stevens | 39% |
| The Australian Greens | 36% |
| Flufferfax | 26% |
| Robert Gottliebsen | 23% |
| Yuhu clique | 21% |
| Jessica Irvine | 20% |
| Grant King | 18% |
| John McGrath | 16% |
| BCA | 13% |
| Houses and Holes | 9% |
| Davos Man | 8% |
| Peter Martin | 4% |
| NDRC | 2% |
A few comments:
- Scott Morrison, you’re fired! It is perhaps understandable on an economics blog that the nation’s Treasurer gets the top gong. But Scott has earned it. Coming on the heels of two weak treasurers in Joe Hockey and Wayne Swan, Morrison has still managed to outdo them to the downside with zero vision, zero narrative, pre-occupations with trivia, no understanding of reform, relentless lying and real estate worship. As the government sinks in the year ahead, and Do-nothing Malcolm desperation mounts, the MB readership will surely get its wish.
- Do-nothing Malcolm gets his just deserts.
- Andrew Robb gets off lite. But, for a relatively obscure ex-minister, third place is still a strong measure of the degree of communal anger over the Canberra swamp. Cleaning it up remains a sparkling political opportunity.
- For a guy that has no job, Glenn Stevens should perhaps reflect upon why 39% of the vote wants him rehired for the sole purpose of him being sacked.
- MB has a strong Greens readership so a 36% vote is a stark message to the party to stop abandoning crucial debates to the crazy fringes.
- Flufferfax has a serious credibility problem, but then, we knew that.
- Gotti should do the nation a service and retire.
- “China Bob” Carr, you’ve lost your way.
- Jessica, MB is your natural readership and they hate you almost as much as Gotti. Take note.
- For a difficult subject such as gas, an 18% push for Grant King to be boned is a measure of the scope of the LNG imbroglio.
- John McGrath can enjoy his spoils but little respect.
- The BCA is pretty irrelevant.
- That H&H beat Peter Martin suggests that it was in fact he that wrote the worst article of the year.
- We thought Davos Man should come first.
- Peter Martin actually was pretty good beyond that one Coalition grovel and an open borders / Big Australia spruik.
- The NDRC is welcome to make blunders that boost the Aussie terms of trade any time it likes!
Finally, in closing, we did make one oversight in the survey that was pointed out in the comments. WA Premier Colin Barnett deserved to be in the mix so let’s give him an honorary boning.
Colin, you’re fired!
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