The man is the best choice, that does not put him in the chair after the next election.
Just 12 months ago the world was a different place.
We had our fears about foreign debt and a financial crash but now those fears have grown.
Change is on great change, by the time some one else posts in this thread a very real chance exists a world wide recession could be in place.
Labor is decaying at some state levels defeating themselves in recent polls and very lucky time exists before they confront the electorate.
Rudd has every chance to win the next election.
But can Turnbull base his plan for the future on spoiling tactics?
So proud when in power of budget deficits it seems at a time we surely need one the conservatives are leaving their own policy's behind for short term victory's.

Belly,
The -irrational exuberance - of Nov O7 has quickly evaporated.
WA’s gone, NSW is going.
Rudd’s not talking Iemma’s calls.
Reba Meagher is not talking to Premier Rees.
And Michael Costa is not talking to anyone.

No wonder you’ve got heart burn!

Pretty soon Rudd, Gillard , you and a few other die-hards will he holed-up in some stockade just this side of the black stump- the last refuge of an endangered species.

I was just reading a letter of thanks to Kevin Rudd from Muslim leaders pre election.
Perhaps we might all know Mr Rudd what promises were made?

Or is that a 'trade' secret. Personally I do not think anybody has the right to make statements agreements promises understandings without informing the public.

I for one would like to know what undertakings Rudd gave pre elections.

We know he promised to icrease the intake of migrants after the Howard Government announced the numbers we to decrease.

Perhaps this is just one thing Macolm could get to the bottom of.

Does anybody recall hearing Rudd announce the outcome of meetings with Muslim leaders and what he did and didnt promise.?

I wonder if we wrote to Malcolm Turnbull and requested he ask that of Mr Rudd in parliment=

Or how about this question-
Mr Rudd as `Shadow Minister` of Foreign affairs and Trade- Why did you refuse to disclose to the Australian public at the AWB enquiry the money to Saddam H was not only money from wheat but the funds from the Live Animal Export trade

Why did you head for the hills and keep quite.

Was it not your duty once this information was passed to you to announce it to the public.?

Are you aware Mr Rudd of large donations given by such compaines to politcal parties

Leaving aside Mr Rudd the then Howard Governments position regarding live exports -I would ask you again why you would feel you should not as `shadow Minister` informed the public, especially when being requested to by a large amount of the Australia public.

I hope Malcom is prepaired to ask some questions like that.

If he is prepaired to do that he will have endless support.

After all we pay them to report to us 'honestly'.

The Australian public need an honest Prime Minister who puts the country before his personal agenda. Thats not Kevin 07.

We hope it might be Malcom in the future.

I think he is the right man for the job. We already know Kevin 07 isnt.

CJ Morgan

If not looking at photographs of nude little kids makes me a wowser then I am happy to stay that way. You can continue to defend those sick enough to photograph kids like this and call it art.

Horus at least your post is worth commenting on.
How crimson rude to divert the thread yet again to animal welfare an inch at a time.
We know every word of the so called pre election promises this is not the thread for it.
Horus no one ,not one of us knew things internationally would get this bad.
It will get worse soon.
The glue that held some truly shabby ALP governments in power was John Winston Howard.
My posts for years have highlighted my truly held concerns about the NT government.
WA had its own idiots.
NSW farmed fools, even Brendon Nelson could beat them.
But in truth after the coming thrashing in the polls a true chance exists they will be returned in NSW.
Not the idiots but a new team your leader helped put in place by ignoring his own party policy's.
What a good outcome for us all, two idiots ignore party policy and both fall, the last one will soon.
Malcolm is a leader he is the right man at the right time.
But you must not build your hopes on your own biases, he has a mountain to climb to win the next election.

Malcolm Turnbull will have broad electoral appeal but will he have the support of his Parliamentary iberal colleagues. If he loses the next election then Julie Bishop would stand a good chance of being Liberal leader. Julie Bishop appears to have more right wing policies than Margaret Thatcher.

Can the Liberals win the next election? As the global credit crisis or recession widens it is likely that living conditions for the average australian are going to get tough by 2010 - guaranteeing a change of government.

Voters are wondering if Malcolm is in politics to get even richer or did he get rich so he could enter politics.

Malcolm is a bully and so is K Rudd, but K Rudd still managed to get the top job. I think Malcolm is more socially progessive than K Rudd (which could be most inaccurate perception from my small corner)