First task for conservative Australia and vital for every Australian rebuilding the defeated coalition party's.
Like it or not the race is over, no rabbit out of a hat no last minute fall from public grace by Rudd it is over.
Why?
Australia has many answers we will talk about them for many months here but the rebuilding is more important.
Again why? look at NSW my party's landslide victory, or was it a repeated one sided victory? has not done the state much good, one sided rule never does.
Yes I will revel in the victory, roll in it smell it and talk of it for months .
I carried the pain of Lathams train wreck for 3 years!
Knowing it was not the voters fault no conservatives fault but my party's fault! we let Creans spite over rule common sense.
But in one term we overturned it all.
Put the past behind us and opened up a future that sees us understand how to win , and how to stay in office.
Sunday morning in the lodge will be bad for some and just great for others.
In my view good leadership from conservatives will make the future even better.
Mr Howard at times you ruled very well, not this term on Sunday just think in one term from total victory to total defeat, thanks for the memories Sunday brings

Dear Belly,

I wish you well and I'll keep my fingers crossed. However, it's going to be a close one and its still to early to call.

Regards Foxy ,no it will not be close as much as an ALP victory it will be a Howard defeat, earned by old John in full.
The roots of the defeat go back some way, who among ALP voters can not understand the leadership of Crean helped Howard as much as Latham?
How can John not understand to defeat such leadership is no great victory?
Australia was never in love with the old bloke ,we just trusted him more than his opponents!
This last term, its insulting war on his new conservatives , its failure to understand workchoices crafted to kill unions had as its first victims already low income workers who could never afford to be in unions.
Celebrate the victory it is ours, but remember do not fall into the Howard trap.
We must rule for every Australian, and never use power to inflict pain such as workchoices or hide such as AWB.
It is in the best interests of Australia that conservatives after the pain find new fresh leadership not Costello and rebuild.
Rudd will be no easy task to unseat, he will be a promise keeper but Strong opposition is a tool of good government.

actually, howard may just feel a great relief.

Sorry Belly

The Liberal party are eco vandals and intent on tipping us into the sea. But then so are the state Labor parties all of whom have descended into unconscionable moral pygmies.

I have decided, after careful deliberation, not to vote with my pocket this Saturday.

In the name of humanity and the survival of homo sapiens on this planet I exhort the following:

"Go the Greens.......go...go....go!

Good on ya dickie add your vote to the 13% yes the best greens vote ever is expected.
Not mine no never mine, if I vote other than ALP it will be in a state election and in a way my vote counts.
Yes however, NSW Labor pains me! like so many I worked hard for them, and they let me down!
We are supposed to not even whisper that! not until after the the big one!
But voters know the difference, some one in ALP headquarters has whats his name, our leader in this state hidden, thanks bloke.
If he does not spring to life and sack 2 maybe three ministers by next month he has failed to lead.

Again record it flog me with it if untrue Rudd is going to be a great leader an all time great ALP leader, he will impress the hardest heart and bring back ALP refugees from left and right.
Sunday in the lodge? I will save a beer for the old fella, fair dinkum I would drink it with him, unsure however I could not remind him about workchoices and my great union.