Go Australia! The federal election is making it onto the US cable news channels. Monday night's episode of MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" screened a clip of the House of Representatives that has been doing the rounds of the Intertubes of late. A youngish Anthony Albanese (circa 1999) is on his feet making a speech, but what's that bespectacled chappie sitting behind Julia Gillard up to? And could you really imagine past Labor PMs such as Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke or Paul Keating doing the same thing? (Ben Chifley even.)

Click on the image at right if you dare.