Up one candidate, down another, Tasmanian Labor’s campaign off to a rocky start

To say the Labor party got off to a rough start in this election campaign is an understatement.

Consumed by the Dean Winter issue for more than a week, who’d have thought Labor would resolve that headache only to have two more migraines emerge?

A candidate who doesn’t agree with the party’s policies but will stay on, and another who’s stepped down over inappropriate text messages, while firing several parting shots at the Labor leader— all exposed on the same day.

In a state with multi-member electorates and a Hare-Clark system that can easily result in a hung parliament, election campaigns are thick with promises of majority, and therefore…