Aus election 2010 (basically as close to 50-50 as you're going to get) in the US:
Tony Abbott, if he was American, would be loved by the GOP. He's a bit Bushish, right? And they'd get the whole social conservative, church going (although he's Catholic), faux man of the people, folksy thing.
And they'd hate the athiest, cohabiting, gay marriage supporting (Welsh, ginger) ALP leader who knifed Kev. With a passion. More than they hate BHO. (And could Keneally ruin Ohio for Julia?
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2007 wouldn't have been too different to the US 2008 map:
