Mr Fox and Mr Rabbit Part 2

The rural independents would to well to consider the agenda of Mr Fox as carefully as they consider the agenda and costings of Mr Rabbit.

The press of Mr Fox might now be Mr Rabbit’s sock puppet, but once parliament sits, especially if Mr Rabbit is PM, the sock might be on the other hand, with Mr Fox the puppeteer.

Mr Rabbit has problems with Warren mates

Mr Rabbit has problems with some Nats, who want the pork they see as rightfully theirs, and threaten to sit on the cross-benches.  Looks like he has even tougher strains on his negotiation and conciliation skills than Julia has.

The pork demands of Mr Rabbit’s "friends" are quite different from the reform and information demands of the rural independents – and perhaps shed light on some of the reasons the independents became independents in the first place.

They are not going to sacrifice funding for projects in their electorates to be specifically put into independent electorates

– Sen John Williams, Nationals
ABC News 2010-08-30

If Mr Rabbit cannot get his own house in order, what hope of order in the House, a key demand of the rural independents?