Keating right on the money once again

After reading about ex PM Paul Keating's intervention in the machinations of the NSW Labor Party, I have to agree 100% with what he had to say read it here . John Robertson is one of the key players responsible for the fourth term Government going completely off the rails into Greek tragedy, and now he wants the leadership as a reward? And I'm so glad to see him also fingering that God awful Mark Arbib for special mention too.
Keating is one of a dying breed of Labor figures with a vision, courage and character. A man who was never interested in opinion polls, but rather led from the front and changed the public's view of a policy through the force of the argument, not the other way around of listening to a bunch of whingeing Wendys in a focus group.
In fact Keating was the first to publicly warn Rudd when he was still Opposition Leader that listening to mealy mouthed advisers who need to rely on a focus group to "decide which side of the bed to get out of" was a recipe for disaster. But after a barrage of criticism, he stayed silent thereafter to give Labor a clear run through to the election.
So while it's easy for every blow in commentator and party hack to come in now and take a shot at NSW Labor, the record clearly shows that when Keating has something to say, party figures should listen.