{"id":30172,"date":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/game-over-for-liberals-if-they-can-t-win-the-next-state-election\/"},"modified":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T00:00:00","slug":"game-over-for-liberals-if-they-can-t-win-the-next-state-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/game-over-for-liberals-if-they-can-t-win-the-next-state-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Game over for Liberals if they can\u2019t win the next state election"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Just because the state Liberals should win the next election, doesn\u2019t mean they will, says Mike Smithson.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIf Steven Marshall and the Liberals can\u2019t win the election in 2018, shut the lights out in the Liberal office, quietly close the door, and run away as fast as you can,\u201d Smitho tells FIVEAA brekkie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is set up for them to win,\u201d he said&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I would never, ever, ever write the Labor party off in tactical manoeuvring come election campaign time in marginal seats where it is won and lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/297775217&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Smitho said the recent boundary redistribution &#8212; which many believe favoured the Liberals &#8212; was no guarantee the party would win\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with the boundary changes, I would never write the Labor part off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still think it will come down to a handful of votes in a handful of seats\u2026 that is how close I think the next election will be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Liberal party, if they\u2019re [thinking] this is going to be a walk up start, it should be, but I don\u2019t think it will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/port-adelaide-are-claiming-a-huge-defection\"><strong>PORT ADELAIDE ARE CLAIMING A HUGE DEFECTION!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/xmas-cricket-a-step-too-far-says-kochie\"><strong>WE\u2019VE GONE A STEP TOO FAR, SAYS DAVID KOCH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just because the state Liberals should win the next election, doesn\u2019t mean they will, says Mike Smithson. \u201cIf Steven Marshall and the Liberals can\u2019t win the election in 2018, shut the lights out in the Liberal office, quietly close the door, and run away as fast as you can,\u201d Smitho tells FIVEAA brekkie. \u201cEverything is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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