The election we had to have is finally on!
Kevin Rudd's ascendancy to the leadership of the Labor Party has once again made the polls close & the election battle meaningful. Julia Gillard's leadership was irreversibly damaged as she utterly failed to regain the trust & ears of voters.
It threatened an unhealthy landslide victory by the opposition.
However, Kevin Rudd's popularity is seemingly based on "Voter Amnesia" & how well Labor performs on election day is depends on whether voters' amnesia continues!
Yes, Tony Abbott must present both his vision & his policies in detail in the next month. Yes, like Gillard, Tony Abbott has a public perception problem. And yes, there are aspects of coalition basic policy platforms that are inferior to Labor's.
But both Gillard & Rudd Governments are tainted by a history of numerous political errors, poor policy implementation & amateurish political judgement, not to mention the messy leadership executions!
At the same time, a hung Parliament is hardly going to improve business or consumer confidence.
An Abbott victory with a modest majority will be the best probable outcome as it gives the coalition the opportunity to implement their policies in the next term to prove their competence to the voters whilst it also gives the voters the opportunity to punish the coalition in 3 years time if they don't deliver.
And as for a Rudd led Government, there's nothing to add. Gillard & Rudd have both had their time, and neither delivered enough to deserve a third term Labor Government!
