Armstrong on Clark

John Armstrong has a very balanced column on how Helen Clark has handled the Mercury Energy issue. He concludes her actions have been more driven by political necessity than opportunism.

While there have been many people critical of how Clark has milked the tragedy, I suspect her actions will have worked and she will bounce back in the polls. Those who follow the news in detail and read newspapers are tut tutting her, but for those who just watch the TV News, all they would have seen is Clark dominating the headlines for every day of the last week, and John Key being invisible.