Australia

As i neophyte on these political shores, Labor's past is still a mystery to me. I arrived to see the last modicum of the famed Aussie fair go negotiated to a nub in the debacled fumble that was the rise of Rudd. To be introduced to Gough in his passing is poetic...he was a great man of action it appears, a kindred spirit to Huey Long in his gutsy populist strategy (but more focused and principled than the Kingfish). I start to understand what i am watching in Labors dissolution and the liberal debauchery under Abbot...more the tragedy in his shadow, I think.

Do you see any heroes? Do you see the spirit of Gough manifest in any movement? Is there still hope for Labor?