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In 2007 Robert Manne extolled the television series The West Wing as a model for what leaders and political rhetoric should be in contrast to ‘what ... democratic politics is not’ under John Howard, ‘one of the most unscrupulous but effective politicians in our history’. The program is ‘so attractive (and perhaps ultimately fictitious)’ because ‘despite their willingness to play the game according to its inescapable rules, no corrosion of character has taken place in any of the players’. There was real grand debate between Senator Arnie Vinick, played by Alan Alda, and Congressman Matt Santos, played by Jimmy Smits. ‘Both candidates are granted rhetorical victories’, wrote Manne, ‘The debate has been spirited, occasionally angry, but sharp and clean. The candidates’ handshake at its conclusion is a moment of genuine political epiphany’. For Manne, everyone was elevated rather than degraded by the experience (2007: 12–13).

Looking backwards to the future: The evolving tradition of ideal political rhetoric in Australia