the oz perspective -it's OT baby

[Guest guest]

Hi John - well, I'm coming at this from an

american perspective but i was quite surprised how much

coverage it got over here-Many times news from the US

takes on that 'only in wacky America' perspective' and

while there is that tone to this (eg election story on

The Australian front page today re Colin Powell

says'Meet America's New Leaders (and George Bush)' ) I

think the coverage here is fair and thorough- i dont

think it would be an easy job to explain electoral

college and all the legal ping ponging that went on to

another country. Also, Australia has had some voting

garbage ( in Queensland) going on in the last few weeks

as well so does anyone yet have the perfect

system?One aside, we had a thanksgiving party and had a mock

election with about 50 guests voting- (all australians,

one canadian)- bush won by one and that was after two

recounts!best s