Chris Lewis,

Rudd is obviously a 'better' choice in regard to Labor's electoral prospects.

mac,

It would seem so.....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-30/galaxy-poll-results-show-rudd-is-preferred-prime-minister/4789860

The resignations were not due to petulance. These people have worked with Rudd and know his nature. It is a narrow view that sees these resignations as purely some miffed response. Politicians are ambitions, self-interested and driven. They would not resign unless for good reasons.

Mike Seccombe on ABC Insiders this morning stated he doesn't know why people like Rudd more than Gillard but it appears they do. I tend to agree that seems the case.

Labor does have a better chance at the election with Rudd of that there is no doubt. It is a shame the electorate does not have his measure and that the undermining of Gillard's leadership was made easier by the anti-Gillard brigade including elements of the media. This is not to say that Gillard's leadership was not flawed in some ways but her positive achievements are being ignored. Maybe history will be kinder.

People may argue that Howard had haters (and he did) but the vitriole towards Gillard was ever-present and of greater intensity. The use of phrases like 'ding dong the witch has gone' is one such indication spurred on by the Conservative Right wing media.

What does it say about us as a nation where a leader like Rudd is so admired. Surely the public can see through the U.S. style charisma and manipulation? The answer is by all accounts No.

I hope Kerry-Ann Walsh's new book will be an honest account of Rudd and not the kinder and sanitised version by James Button's 'Speechless'.

yes, I realise he is back because he is popular, but that does not mean that he is any good; I share the opinion of the many that resigned.

Rudd is overrated and I wish the ALP was not in this situation where they rely on him for a victory. Sad state of affairs for me.

As for me, I will vote independent in the electorate of Indi. I hope that more independents now get up to improve the state of public debate in this country. Listening to Tony Windsor today, who has always impressed me greatly, was enough for me.

Well, everyone loves a winner, at least someone with a chance, rather than a lame duck. For 25 years Labor leaders were 'sound' loyal team players, unfortunately they were also an electoral liability---the party has become more pragmatic.

I'd agree that Oz politics has become 'presidential', a significant percentage of the voters think that we elect prime ministers, so obviously, to those voters, Gillard was not legit.

I like Rudd. I like him more because so many of the factional appointees hate him. I like his intelligence and his commitment to the values I think are important. I like his family and their obvious love for each other.

I like his positivity and the way he judged his moment so that there was no time for the threats and intimidation of the crooks who put Gillard in place to be effective before the election. Crean deseerves praise for his courage in making them show their hand earlier to his own detriment.

I like that he put Wong in charge of the Senate. She is a very smart cookie and she is committed to her costituency, not to the Gillard-created Emily's List, despite being a mamber. I like that he has put homelessness and housing into the same portfolio as status of women and given it a cabinet seat. For far too long the plight of seriously disadvantaged people of both sexes has been ignored while femocrats get fat on the Government teat. Many homeless and unemployed men exist because of those femocrats and so do many unhappy and over-worked women.

I only hope he has a vision for the future that doesn't rely on the pretence of wealth enabled by consumerism and debt, while sabotaging the means to pay for it that the productive industries provide.

I'm optimistic. I live in Rudd's electorate and I was going to vote minor parties, but I'll give the ALP one more shot now. That relieves me, because I've never voted against the party.