Government’s poll slide is the result of its own insufferable arrogance
The poll was taken at the beginning of the week just after the Taoiseach commanded the airwaves with a virtual media blitz on the weekend celebrating Fianna Fáil’s 80 years in existence. He had major TV and radio interviews — on Ryan Tubridy on Saturday night and the This Week programme with Gerald Barry on Sunday afternoon.
These should have given the Government a boost because Bertie Ahern is running well ahead of his party in popularity. What’s gone wrong? The Government has become a victim of its own insufferable arrogance. In the last week alone, for instance, Transport Minister Martin Cullen went missing during the rail strike, which was a bit of a first for him, because he has never been one to pass up an opportunity for publicity.
