The longer this so-called campaign rolls on the more apt a comment I heard on Radio National that described voting in this election as choosing between the impossible and the insufferable.

There's been plenty of talk but no debate. Talking past each of the parties but no engagement. Neither side is talking ideology or "big picture" about where they want to take Australia.

For me, it's a case of non of the above with the two big parties (neither deserves the term "major" parties).

Yes I know this is cynical. I despair that there is so little on offer from either big party that is inspiring. Both parties exude bitterness, small mindedness and nothing that inspires me that they may actually be able to run a chook raffle in a pub let alone a country.

In sadness
DKit

Jo, your spite-filled article discredits you and the LABOR party.

Obviously you thought that Abbott needed a lift so you poured bile all over LABOR while white-washing Gillard, the one who knifed Rudd.

Jo, vote for Palmer. He's more your type!

On the basis of my ABC radio and TV diet yesterday I'll be voting for Geoff Cousins, Tony Windsor and Tom Watson.

Rusted on Labour supporters are nearly as sour as Tony Windsor. They know they backed total duds and are now frothing at the mouth that the once 'unelectable' Tony has seen off Kevin, Julia and now Kevin. Instead of seeing how incompetent, broken and corrupt their own party has been they claim their is no one worthy to vote for. This despite Abbott likely to receive far more votes than Julia did before joining with the slimy independants and Greens who have done their best to turn our strong economy into a basket case.

Fancy complaining about the way Gillard was treated while running a despicable 4 year character assassination campaign against Tony Abbott - one of the most decent Members of Parliament.

Have none of you Labor supporters got any integrity?

Great question!
Find myself mostly agreeing with DKit.
Vision would include plans to actually roll out rapid rail rather than roll it out as a far distant future prospect with almost every election.
The Chinese Magnetron would probably be the most cost effective. The best place to start would be from Canberra to Sydney.
That would be the most profitable link and provide funds to gradually roll out the rest of the links to both Brisbane and Melbourne, and a few stops in between; meaning, it could be done off budget.
The current top speed of the magnetron is 900klms PH, and the projected safe top speed is around 1300klms PH.
Or if you will, Melbourne city central to Sydney central in under an hour! Ditto Brisbane> Sydney!
Vision would also include an inland canal, that would open up a vast and empty inland, and make it productive, as well as providing the most energy efficient, cost effective link, with Asian trading partners; via, very rapid turn-around, roll on roll off ferries and double decker, rapid rail freight links?
Plan to vote Katter in the lower house and the Palmer party in the Senate.
Plan to place the greens last, given they would likely oppose almost anything that would improve our economic performance and growth, all while paying lip service to our prospects of actually becoming a future food bowl for Asia.
Their real goal seems to be re-afforested farmland and all the irrigation dams destroyed; and therefore, our children reduced to a nation of spit lickle waiters and boot polishers? A recipe for a banana republic if ever there was one!
Rhrosty.