I think Tony Abbotts performance is being wilfully underrated/distorted by our MSM, (Particularly Murdoch press) of which I believe are banking on dittoism to boost Gillards popularity and prolong her honeymoon effect.
I watched the Lie-detector debate last night on Channel 7, and whilst I think both were rather unremarkable on the whole, I firmly believe Abbott performed much better than Gillard, this and think the results were interpreted in a manner which might be considered rather biased also.
Who interpreted the results?
A woman, and within minutes of the debate having concluded.

...Good thing is, I think quite a few of us saw through this, and don't believe for a minute Gillard performed as well and or is as popular as the media and those who interpreted the worm suggest.
Did you note the three journalists who were appointed to ask both Gillard and Abbott questions?
One from the ABC, the other two from Murdoch press.
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Honestly, they must think we were all born yesterday!
Sadly, I think too many probably were.

...Gillard displayed a certain smugness last night, this and avoided the hard questions, and people saw straight through this.
This is why she has declined an invitation to participate in anymore lie-detector tests, whereas Tony Abbott welcomes at least another two.
Gillard didn't mind appearing as a contestant earlier this year on a kid show "It's academic" however.
Gillard knows she was shot down and lost the debate last night, irrespective of what's being reported in our media.
Bottom line, Gillard isn't performing as well as our news-polls/Murdoch press would have Australians believe.

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