Do you think that if you were a fucktard and voted for Howard, you'd be shitty if he retired and we had Costello instead?
Nice strikeout.
Nah. Every voter must know that if the Libs are defeated then JHo will go. Most voters believe that if the Libs win then JHo's days are numbered. In fact the feeling I have is that there are a lot of Lib voters who are totally over JHo. They want their team to win but would want a new leader too. Someone with fresh ideas, broader vision and broader appeal generally.
Do you think that Rudd will beat Howard this election, especially if it is called soon?
Yes, but I don't think that the timing has much to do with it.
The Libs have a handy 16 seat buffer, which may save them, but I doubt it.
I'm not one to agree with too many of JHo's policies, but he's had the "golden touch" for years now when it comes to pressing the electorate's buttons in a vote-buying way. Lately he's lost that, and the icing on the cake has been the staging of
OPEC APEC. All the publicity has gone to the "wrong people" i.e. The Chaser, security, police powers, stupid aspirations, Bushisms, etc. The good news of new billion $ deal signings have been pushed aside.
And to make matters worse for JHo, we are over all the war talk, yet Bush continued to do it in Sydney. Meanwhile Krudd steps in and steals some of the limelight with his "trade negotiations", done directly in Mandarin.
