Liberals should be afraid... Very afraid

The release of the latest Galaxy poll is nothing but bad news for the Liberals. The poll shows that 51 percent of voters believe Rudd is the better leader for current economic conditions, while just 33 percent believe Turnbull would be the better leader.

The poll must really hurt the Liberals, who are generally considered to be the better economic managers. The poll also shows that the Liberals campaign against the Rudd government's plans to borrow up to $315 million.

While the poll found that 43 percent of Australians believe Kevin Rudd has a nasty streak, to Malcolm Turnbull's 31 percent voters indicate that they believe Rudd is a stronger leader (55 percent to 27) and more trustworthy (46 percent to 29 percent).

On the question of whether or not leaders were out of touch with the Australian public, 48 percent said Turnbull was out of touch while only 29 percent said the same of Rudd.

The poll shows that the Liberals message about the government isn't getting through to voters.