Hasbeen

I think you are too quick to condemn Kevin Rudd, yes he is intelligent, yes he is smart, but don't think he is a fool. He has got to where he is despite his background not because of it.

As an 11 year old living in the back of a car, after being kicked out of a rented house, who would have thought he would get so far?

Underestimate him at your peril, the paint will not stick.

Steve,
Very wise words, as usual

Grew up in the same town and it was no town for whimps - you soon got sorted out. Under that intellect lies someone who knows the school of hard knocks all too well. Rudd was nobody's bitch.

Rainier,

Maybe a bit of Nambour Crushers has rubbed off on him, shame the mill is no more.

But you are right, Nambour is no place for fools, wimps or dills. Tough town, straight talking people, my kind of place.

Contrast that with merchant bankers, lawyers and landed gentry.

Guess who I will be voting for.

The "Dr Death" nick name and being born in Queensland raises the ongoing story of the "Dr Death" scandal of a Queensland hospital.

Queensland authorities are still trying to extradite the accused to face trial for the maiming and deaths of patients admitted to the hospital.

I would like to see the revelation of the final draft and review of the policies he wishes to put forward and represent.

I think the smart move by Rudd was to run a team campaign. There is far too much emphasis on the Leader, with Labor it becomes a Messiah complex.

We need to move towards a more mature collective approach to political leadership with the leader being more "first among equals" than a Dear Leader.

The policy challenge is really to reconnect the dots of policy to the vision . Rudd was rather ham fisted in his first attempt mixing forked roads with distant bridges but the sentiment was accurate about a fair go Australia vs a US of Australia.