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By Dilan Thampapillai, published 24/2/2012It's not all about him because it's all about winning the next election.
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Is it all about the importance of NOT being Tony?
(With apologies to Oscar Wilde and "The Importance of being Ernest".)
Here is my understanding of the current situation:
--There are no great political, ideological, philosophical or policy differences between the Gillard and Rudd camps. They simply hate each other.
--The Gillard camp say they deposed Rudd in June 2010 because he was some kind of a psychopath. They nonetheless appointed this supposed "dysfunctional" and "chaotic" man to the post of foreign minister.
--The great Australian electorate, forgetting in what low esteem they held Rudd in June 2010, are now supposedly clamouring for his return.
--Rudd is selling himself as the man who can stop Tony Abbott becoming Prime Minster. The Gillard camp is saying they can do it without Rudd's help.
--The message coming from ALP politicians is "We know we're a bunch of rectal cavities but at least we're not Tony Abbott."
--The only smidgeon of comfort for ALP supporters is that, by a hairsbreadth, their party is not as dysfunctional as the Republican Party in the US. However that could still change.
--Eighteen months is a long time in politics and Tony Abbott may yet self-destruct but only a fool would bet a large sum on Tony Abbott NOT being prime minister by the end of 2013.
Is this a fair summary?