Rising Hegemon
Australia’s Labor Party swept into power at national elections on Saturday, propelling 50-year-old former diplomat Kevin Rudd into office on a wave of support for generational change.
The surge to Labor left conservative Prime Minister John Howard struggling to hold on to even his own parliamentary seat, which he has held since 1974, putting him in danger of becoming the first prime minister since 1929 to lose his constituency.
Howard can devote his remaining years to playing Dick Cheney in a variety of Haunted Houses and Mock War Crimes Trials. The "History Channel" may want to sign him up for recreations...
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