You can tell when the National Opposition is at a low ebb: it's when they're flailing in the polls, it's when the caucus is leaking, it's when the whispers of leadership coups become a cacophony, and it's when you can smell their fear. So their strategy is to create a distraction, to draw the attention of the country away from all their problems, and to create a problem where none exists. See, it worked for Don Brash back at the turn of the century—in 2004 they had a desperate, unpopular leader of a divided National caucus; so his tactic was to push the big red race button at that bastion of racial diversity, the Orewa Rotary Club!