Posted on 08/11/2013 3:42:46 PM PDT by naturalman1975
THE second week of the federal campaign is under way, with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd facing accusations that he cheated in last night's debate by referring to notes.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott goes into the second week of the campaign in a promising position, with most commentators declaring him the stronger performer in the debate and the latest Newspoll, published in The Australian today, showing he has narrowed Mr Rudd's lead as preferred Prime Minister from 14 points to nine points.
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On the most recent overall poll results, the conservative coalition leads 52-48, which would translated to a majority of 16-19 seats in the 150 seat House of Representatives - a comfortable victory, although not quite a landslide.
Notes are cheating?
The debate rules agreed to by both sides say they are not allowed, so, yes, I think that case can be made.
Well, if its in the rules and they agreed to it, then I guess that would be cheating.
Well, I certainly hope the best for Australia
I wondered what he meant when Daniel Hannan called him a dishonest cheater on twitter this morning.
I suppose he doesn’t know how to cheat fair.
What a fool. If he was an experienced cheater like our King Mugabe-bama he would just have the moderator cheat for him.
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