Okay. I was wrong. It was a damn solid look at what the guy comes from.

Hopefully this week we'll hear more of what he's about.

I was getting a bit carried away - I'm new here.

I guess something I noticed was a couple of refernces to how Key seeks advice when he needs it. Sounded like they were setting up for something.
Coz one thing we don't know about, other than Crosby-Textor, is who he's been getting advice from since he entered politics.

When he came back, or when he was deciding to come back to politics, who was his muse. WHo advised him on that. ANd since then, who's advised him on image, on media, on policy. Coz Crosby Textor is only gonna be the wallpaper

Yeah no its my first post I guess I just got inspired with cats thinking it was the end of the world that a paper did an in-depth profile of a potential PM...

all i wanted to say was whoa nelly

this is now keeping me from outrageous fortune

Yes, I am the editor's PA. He's actually a reaaaalllly nice guy and you guys don't understand him at all. If only you could see him at work, he's so great. I can't believe you saw through me

Unauthorised - yes semantics - they dug up his half-brother. ow that's unauthorised. They told the guy "your half-bro might be PM of a small colonial nation". If some journo dug up my half-brother while investigating me I'd be concerned at how hard they were going

I actually enjoyed the family pics... they tell a lot. Gotta love Christmas Day in the Canterbury rugby jumper. ANd the sandals with socks... Now THAT tells you about our possible future leader.

As did the aforementioned footage onf 80s Johnny on Unuathorised History of NZ...

Speaking of glowing biogs... Remember "The Patient English" by Wariwick Roger in North and South a few years back... Didn't get him far

Whoooa there nellys... Lets not get too worked up here. I'm no fan of John Key. But the guy's a damn good chance of becoming PM and I didn't know a bloody thing about him before this. Lets break it down and remember it only runs up to the end of his banking career. A piece about his mother (bloody interesting). A light piece on Bronagh/their relationship/the kids (normal, valid journalistic endeavour when profiling a politician and of interest to a great many thus the reason it gets done all the time). A typical Q + A that shows his music tastes are - you guessed it - bland. A human interest yarn about his long lost brother. Then a main piece on his life story starting from the year dot showing basically that he's certainly not the most interesting guy in the world but that he's determined and what he's got, he got himself. No dirt from his banking career (disappointing I know) but for an investigation that uncovered a brother Key himself hasn't been in touch with we can sure they didn't try. If the description of Key breathing through his teeth with excitement when recollecting of his massive gambles on the kiwi isn't a good anecote, WTF is? So in summary, a life story up to 40 is a life story up to 40. I expect to see a lot more of the "interesting" stuff next week. So the Herald leans towards National. Wow, no shit. But the idea of a Mr Burns-type editor telling his cronies to go out and write a puff-piece on Key just doesn't wash... For starters, in these days of modern media cutbacks they probably wouldn't have the staff. It is what it is: a damn solid look at what the guy comes from and what he's about.