Congratulations to National and John Key for their success.
Congratulations to Helen Clarke and Labour for holding a solid 34% of the vote despite the hostile press.
Congratulations to Winston Peters and NZ First for polling far higher than anyone expected. Special praise for the gracious speech few expected.
Congratulations to Rodney Hide for winning Epsom and winning ACT 3.7% of the vote.
Congratulations to the Maori Party for picking up another local seat.
Congratulations to Peter Dunne for holding Ohariu-Belmont.
Congratulations to Jim Anderton for holding Wigram.
Well done, Greens, for winning 8 (maybe 9) seats and becoming the 3rd-largest party in the Parliament.
I don't think John Key will be overly keen to meld with ACT and lose any chance of a second term. If the economy tanks and National fails to look after the people who left Labour to support National then, again, they will be a one-term government. It would only take 6% to change their view of National and John Key to see a different government in 2011.
The campaign to defend democracy and MMP from an anti-democracy National Party and to win the next election for the centre-left, begins tomorrow morning.
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