'Bonzai' once, famously, wore a bullet proof vest, now he needs one that is vote proof.

Years from now I will look forward to telling my grand kids about living through the Howard era.

In preparation, writing a children's book titled 'King Ratty gets his Own' is on my list of things to do.

I hope it teaches them morals and the need for compassion and honesty.

I hope Maxine provides the rest of the plot for this story.

Bags a First Edition copy, signed by the author!

Hahaha, I really hope JH loses his seat soon. Although I'm an ALP supporter, I can't say that I like Maxine McKew very much. She's a classic example of a latte-sipping Labor candidate. I still remember her letter to Latham asking him whether she could be given a more 'affluent' WASP-y seat instead of the former Asian-heavy safe Labor seat which she was allocated.

Being an Asian-Aussie, I kinda take offence at her for that.

But if she can beat JH, then all is forgiven :) Hey, what can I say, I'm desperate here :)

Dream on the lefty ludites,the new game has just begun.Kevin Rudd has already tripped whilst padding up and hasn't even faced his first ball.
Kevin Rudd the new Messiah?Not likely with the bunch of no talent Union wonders who couldn't run a Solo Petrol Station let alone our national economy.It is still the economy that matters and Labor are lumbered with Gillard the Experimental Socialist and Garrett the rabid greeny.It is a recipe for absolute chaos.

Arjay, I am perplexed by your faith in Howard's perceived superior economic management. I thought you would have been perspicacious enough to see through the spin. Remember, Howard inherited an economy set to expand thanks to Keating's reforms.

In reality, what's Howard done? Privatised around $70 billion worth of high-yielding public assets in nine years, disinvested in key sectors, used tax incentives to fuel a debt-intensive real estate bubble, and put all our eggs into the commodities basket by serving as China's quarry (even selling our resources at below market prices). After a decade it's becoming unstuck. We have the lowest growth rates in the industrialised world, but some of the highest interest rates. Our trade deficit has hit its worst since the 1970s and many of Howard's "battlers" are now enjoying negative equity on their overpriced homes. With moribund export growth and ballooning foreign debt being used to finance housing and consumer imports, how can we honestly afford another three years of Howard?