My take on...

The Election Campaign Week 1

So Julia "Ginger Ninja" Gillard assassinated Krudd and blindsided the Greens (who would have a considerable youth vote) by calling an election allowing less than 72 hours for everyone to get on the roll. As an added bonus she managed to blindside the Coalition who for some absurd reason didn't seem prepared for the announcement even though the media called it well in advance.

The Greens and the ALP made a preference deal which we knew was going to happen five and a bit years ago when Steve "Fundies First" Fielding made his debut in the senate.

We haven't seen any good policies from the majors who seem more than happy to focus on vote grabbing and soundbites like "asylum seekers", "little Australia", etc.

Not what I was hoping for from Julia but I still have hopes for her to swing back to the left if she wins. Tony "Mad Monk" Abbott is actually not looking as crazily conservative for now, but if he wins I fear Australia will take a big leap to the right anyway.

Everyone fears the effect of the Greens' Nick Clegg potential so Bob Brown will have to continue sitting on the sidelines.

All in all a disappointing week.