The Australian: Federal Liberals refuse blame for Victorian election but concede ‘wake-up call’ 28 November 2014. Patricia Karvelas Victoria Editor

THE recriminations inside the Liberal Party have begun in anticipation of a defeat.

Key Liberal figures have told The Australian the Napthine campaign has been lagging Labor’s since the start.

Federal Liberal MPs are now so convinced the party will be smashed tomorrow, they are preparing to concede that the Abbott government has had a “small” impact on the result.

But they will publicly argue that most of responsibility for the result must be taken by the state government for mismanaging its first term.

“Labor was out two weeks before us, they have run a superior campaign,” a Liberal source said. Continue Reading…