Should Peter Costello Re-invent His
Public Persona?

He has to. Because at the moment
the image that most of us have of the man
in not a very flattering one. The image
is of a gutless man,
who did everything his "boss" told him
to do ,and more. He didn't have the
courage to stand on his own two feet -
and speak up.

Re-invent His Public Persona - is a must.
But, more importantly, Costello needs
to shake off the Howard association as
quickly as possible, and stand on his own
two feet.

On the other side of the coin, who else does
the Liberal Party have? Nelson - had his chance,
but proved to be a "non-entity."
Turnbull - forget him, he's missed his chance.
Costello, remains the libs one and only bet.

Even "potty-mouth" Abbott, recognises this.
And he only backs those he thinks have a chance
at grabbing the "winners" trophy.
I saw Abbott on the news the other night
singing Costello's praises.
"We love him, we want him back..."

I agree with Belly, I don't think the Libs
will win the next election, but with
Costello, it will be an interesting race.

From all evidence, it seems he requires people to beg and say please please please come back Peter, all is forgiven and we really love you. Not really a leader is he. He's just a confused wittle boy who that nasty Rodent promised and crossed his heart would hand him everything on a platter.

Even Tony 'People Skills' Abbot might be preferrable;-)

Will Peter Costello try for Liberal leadership?

Deja vu
Deja vu
Deja vu

A better question would be:

Will the Liberal Party Re-Invent Itself?

Gotta disagree there US. If anybody could make the Liberal Party slump even lower, it would be Abbott.

Or maybe Chris Pyne. I laughed so hard when Pyne had the temerity to stick his hand up for the deputy position.

Costello has spat the dummy one too many times. The position calls for near limitless patience without showing signs of weakness or disunity, something Costello evidently hasn't got a handle on.

What's the problem, Liberals don't like Peter Costello that's why Howard wouldn't go, they don't like Malcolm Turnbull who is probably very electable as far as the little aussie battler is concerned and nobody likes Brendan Nelson who is just keeping the seat warm while the big boys make up their mind. Either get Nick Minchin to step up or what about Julie Bishop.

So what's Costello doing? Lolling around writing about the past - at our expense. He's yesterday's man. The Liberal Party want's someone who's got a burning desire to do something about the future.

Minchin's yesterday's man as well.