Channel 7 and the Murdoch media can award the debate to whoever they like - as if their opinion counts for anything and wasn't already made up before the debate.
What mattered is the judgement of the scientifically-chosen audience actually assigned to that very task.
That audience of 'undecided voters' present throughout the debate held at the venue of Tony Abbott's choosing and under the terms he demanded; awarded the contest to Kevin Rudd by 45 to Tony Abbott's 38 - a decisive win because Abbott failed to come clean on his cuts and performed backflips on stage when subjected to scrutiny.
The action man melted before our very eyes, his legs turned to jelly and even his voice became muted as his face grew more ashen.
As for Tony Abbott's decision to abandon his dishonest pretence of bringing the budget back to surplus before Labor; the massive black holes in his half-baked costings clearly demonstrates that he's surfing out to sea in a chaff bag.
