| Just in case anyone thinks that the US election is the only important one in the WoT. |
Prime Minister John Howard today made a pitch for undecided voters in the last week of the election campaign. Opinion polls say the coalition leads Labor, but put the undecided vote at about nine per cent, with less than week before polling day. Mr Howard said he expected the election to be tight, but rejected suggestions there were few differences between the major parties. "All Australian elections, with a few exceptions, are tight," Mr Howard told Brisbane ABC radio. "Most elections since World War II have been decided by tiny margins and that is why defining the choice is so very important, especially in the last week. What I am saying to those people listening to this program who are undecided (is) we have fulfilled your trust by delivering the strong economy, the low interest rates, the high employment, the higher real wages and the taxation reform, the industrial reform, all of those things. We really do have a good record to point to, but we are not resting on that ... we are offering to tackle, with our plans, some of the big issues."
He said he did not believe voter interest in the election was at an all-time low. "That is not my experience - I find a lot of interest in this election," he said. |