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...LETTERS NOTEBOOK YOUR TIME: Health ESSAY: Would Howard Dean be doing any better than Kerry...
...leader. Latham's rise is the Australian political story of 2004. Even Coalition voters seem to approve of the way he is doing his job. Still, they don't know enough about him to be comfortable with the idea that he would make a better prime minister than John Howard...
...Mark in the Middle Perhaps Latham's optimism comes from being relatively green in Canberra - and a first-time visitor to most parts of the country during the campaign. Before he became P.M., Howard, another man of conviction, had spent 22 years in Parliament; Paul Keating just as long. But there are gaps between what Latham promises, what experience tells us is possible, and what Latham actually does. Eight months ago, he said people had become cynical about election campaigns with "too much spin-doctoring and stage management." In the middle of his first electoral contest, has he broken...
...moderate: a man with a plan for free-market economics, social mobility, individual responsibility, community participation, equality of opportunity, government as an enabling agent. The earth won't move if Latham wins, nor will the lights go out all over Australia. Latham has narrowed the gap between himself and Howard. But in doing so, he has surrendered more than a few points of difference. Along the way, while climbing the campaign ladder, the westie prophet has lost some of his early magic...
Once a Medicare critic, Prime Minister John Howard stunned the Opposition on Sept. 6 by announcing a $A1.8 billion package that allowed him to say: "We will go to this election being a better friend to Medicare." Like Labor, the Government will reward doctors who bulk bill. But it will also give more money back to patients charged upfront for their consultation. It's saying, in effect: bulk billing is important, but so is the right of doctors to charge above the standard fee when they see fit. Having abandoned plans to euthanize it, the Coalition is shaping Medicare...