dude, howard won because we are a cosy nation of gamblers and home owners.
everyone here has a mortgage and they went the "stable economy" line.
2 days later the treasurer is furrowing his brow at the oil prices and the impact that will ahve on his ability to honour election promises. again they say "it was the based o the best intelligence we had at the time"
also the labour party sided with greens for preference votes which turned off the conservatives due to drug harm minimisation inititives.
so at the end of the day, cost of living will rise regardless and the war rages on.
oh and now they are free to dismantle medicare.
oh and sell of telstra the state owned telco screwing rural services again
oh and give big buisness their way over the worker.
labour ran a piss weak campain based on the family values of simple aussie workers.
liberals won by spending 6 billion dollrs on another scare/smear campain. they had a buget surplus by not spending it on fiixing hospitals and employing people.
will make it even funnier if kerry wins
and even scarier if he dont.