text: Election down to the wire: PM THE federal election was as  quot;close as it gets quot;, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Commenting on the latest Newspoll, Mr Howard said he believed the October 9 poll would go down to the wire.
inputs: Election down to the wire: PM THE federal election was as  quot;close as it gets quot;, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Commenting on the latest Newspoll, Mr Howard said he believed the October 9 poll would go down to the wire.