Tony Abbott will never become prime Minister of this country.
His short term ability to out maneuver Gillard is working against him.
End of month polling is likely to confirm Gillards fast fall.
That could see her removed.
Abbott confronted by a leader other than Gillard?
One gos both do.

Belly, you said the same about Julia, that she would never be PM.

As for climate change, there are many out there who agree that it is real, it's just that they also agree that taxing the smallest omitter, with the worlds highest carbon tax, is not the solution.

It is simply like pissing into a fan.

If anything, China should have the $23 per ton, and we the $3 per ton.

As for TA, well your party had the chance to get rid of him, by electing KR, but THEY, not the people, decided they knew best.

It would appea that the REAL JULIA number three is no different to the old one and two versions.

Furthermore, if TA is as bad as you lot make out, how on earth can Julia still be PM, as she struggle to keep up with him in the polls.

It just further confirms the mess labor are in. Trouble is, they have dragged us along for the ride.

I can see I'm going to have to live to a ripe old age.

You see I want to be around on the day when Tony Abbott exceeds John Howard's time as PM.

I really do want to hear what you lefties are saying then.

Dear Belly,

In the link I gave earlier we're given
an excellent summation which tells us that -
"Mr Abbott has always been a divisive figure even
with his own party... He's not known for his policy
work. He was at best a wayward minister and his wild
policy gyrations in Opposition suggest chaos,
rather than stability."

And it confirms that -
"any protracted slide in Mr Abbott's
poll ratings will see a nervous party move to dump him."

As far as the government is concerned - what happens now?
The link tell us that - "as far as
the government is concerned - nothing."

It predicts that - "The Gillard government's internal
focus until May will probably be to try to ensure they
deliver a budget surplus as promised. They will
continue with infrastructure reform. They will ensure
the NBN roll-out doesn't get bogged down in regulatory
morass and they will "sell" the carbon package when it
comes into effect July 1st." (BTW -
small polluters are not going to be taxed).
Mr Abbott blames all the current
price increases on the carbon package - even though it
hasn't been implemented yet.

The link stresses that - "Politically the government will
draw a deep line in the sand between its economic
sttrategies and jobs management and those spruiked by
the Opposition, in varying forms. "

In other words the government will simply get on with the
job of governing. While Mr Abbott will continue to -
"raise the temperature and noise level of the political
debate and continue to show the country what a pretty
ordinary front bench he has" With one calm, reasoned
and intelligent exception. ;-)

*You see I want to be around on the day when Tony Abbott exceeds John Howard's time as PM.
I really do want to hear what you lefties are saying then.*

Well I am not even a leftie, Hasbeen. I just remember Abbott as
Health Minister showing poor judgement and no doubt he will do the
same, if he should be PM. Your grandkids will be the losers.

Dear Hasbeen,

If you want to live to a ripe old age
just to see Tony Abbott as Prime
Minister I guess that means that you think it
will take that long for Tony Abbott to get
elected. Hard to argue with you on that score.