COVER STORY: CANBERRA OBSERVED: Kevin Rudd still in front*

It is going to be tough for John Howard to win a fifth term in government.With up to six months until the election, John Howard looks to be facing his toughest election since winning power in 1996.Behind in the opinion polls, having brought down a Budget which has failed to produce a bounce in support, and facing an Opposition which is at its most disciplined in years, Mr Howard knows he is in for the fight of his political life.While Mark Latham enjoyed a similar honeymoon to Kevin Rudd’s, ther…

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