Foxy,
Love it! It has so much truth from what I've seen.

"1) backbencher:

A member of Parliament with a brilliant future behind him,
a trudger through the lobbies, a party man, a spender of
electoral allowances, a consumer of free air-tickets, a
collector of living-away-from-home expenses, a
commonwealth car passenger, a jet-set junketeer, a
cultivator of his electorate, a survivor of pre-selection."

Yup, describes Costello to a T.

Fractelle,
I asked Belly what odds on the next election being Costello V Rudd I recon 50/50 what other hope do they have? Turnbull is losing whose next? deputy leader...I don't think so
Hockey (the Hockey pu(c)k goes where he's pushed(also see mid Summers Night Dream) nope
chris Pyne (he wishes)
Nick Minchin (God help us if he does)trust me he's a hard man a bully
Tony Abbott (give us a break)
I recon the panic will set in >12 mths out and Costello will be drafted same as Keating. Both men are driven by their egos