I couldn't think of a more apt characterisation of Aussie PM, Julia Gillard. Bristling with talent precisely in areas that fortify her own power, but totally inept in actually serving the Australian public: Tim Blair:
Simon Benson explores the Julia Gillard paradox, whereby our Prime Minister is an enormously talented personal politician, easily able to smite opponents inside and outside of her party, and a completely useless practical politician, whose every policy results in ridiculous chaos. She’s a salad of sinister and circus act
Reminds me of Milton Friedman's observation that those most likely to rise to the greatest positions of power in government are those that should least hold so much power.
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