There are classes for old people teaching them how to circumvent the filter should it ever occur.
I think Gillard will do well at the polls...but how well depends on how much Ruddamage she repairs between now and whenever... I like Gillard, she seems to be a tenacious bitch and we kinda need that as PM, not Rudd's waveringness...
Having said that you have to give credit where due, Rudd did a good job to get Labor elected. And everything he and his government has done. That counts for something imo.
Though...I do have a feeling that it may have all been show and games to sneak Gillard in, maybe Labor didn't think the public would vote a female in?
In anycase she's making the rules now, and as she said to Tony Abbott, 'it's game on!'
Speaking of Abbott, every voting Aussie needs to read this:
http://www.cannold.com/events/2010-06-23-leslie-to-launch-nus-abbotts-heaven-your-hell-campaign/I did not know any of that until I read it. I'm now terrified of the idea of Abbott in power.
Glad Gillard is atheist (apparently a former Baptist, but now atheist... didn't swear on Bible when taking office (as is per choice))