Good post 64175 :)...however i think in today's 24 hr media cycle the leader of each party is now much more impt.
You say "I suspect that is how the average voter votes."..I would like to think so as well...but I'm not so sure.
When i read some the blogs back in mid-late '07 the hatred towards John Howard who gave 11 years of good service to this country as PM...was terrible.
It is very much the same now. I do not believe that Kevin Rudd is out to destroy this country...that is rubbish...as some of the stuff on the internet is saying now.