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Victorian Coalition warns Advance's 'bizarre' campaign may cost it…

A Coalition figure warns that Advance's campaign could cost the party an outright win at the Victorian election; the friends keep disowning each other.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA Victorian Coalition figure says Advance's campaign is so bizarre it could cost the Coalition a majority government, and that the group is, quote, not our friends.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOh, I love that for the neighborhood, Hank. Somebody finally put a sign on the fence saying these people don't live here.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot on the fence, Chip. On the same ticket, apparently. That's the complaint.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI know exactly how this feels.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistYou forecast sunshine, and the cold front turns out to be your own cousin, standing in your yard, campaigning.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, it's a campaign, not a weather system.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut that's the beauty of it!

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIf they're not friends, then the Coalition has nothing to worry about, and everybody gets a fair shot at a majority!

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA fair shot, yes. Except the whole warning is that these not-friends might hand it to somebody else.

  10. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo the party that wants to run a state can't run its own supporters.

  11. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWell, Hank, nobody can say they were unclear. 'Not our friends.' That's a very clear friend.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey want a majority government, and they can't get a majority of their own friends to stop helping.

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