The latest Newspoll shows that the Coalition has dropped 6 points in the two-party preferred vote, whilst Labor has gained 3 points.

The Coalition needs to only lose another 6 points and Labor gain just 5 more points ..... then Labor will be in front. That could easily happen, and quickly, over the next few months.

Hmmm, I wonder who the opposition leader will then be going into the next election? Malcolm, where are you?

Malcolm is the only hope they have. Attack dog Tony will fail at the next election, just like he failed at the last "unloseable" election.

Hay FP, I did not have to read far before I knew you were from the left, only the lefties want Turnbull to lead anything. Of course I found your "Malcolm is the only hope they have." rather interesting.

Many Libs have offered him to you. They realise that you will like him, he is after all, just a slightly less erratic version of your KRuddy.

Why oh why won't you take him.

On that poll mate, you can hold your breath for about as long as that will last. That fool ABC had her on TV about 5 times last night. Don't they know that every time real people hear her voice, or see her, you've lost another percentage of the vote.

Lock her in a thickly padded sound proof, window less room, if you to gain at the polls. If she's out of sight, some folks, with short memories may forget how bad she is.

'Malcolm is the only hope they have'

Given that under Tony the Liberals are at least 10 points ahead of Labour who do you suggest can win it for Labour? Gillard usurping power has taken Labour from 52 to 45. Don't let your Abbottphobia get in the way of you thinking just a little before mouthing off.

Welcome to our new poster.
Hasbeen has promoted me to the left too.
Seems any one capable of clear thinking is a lefty loon.
Now do not get carried away, as and ALP member/activist our chances of winning this election are the same as me winning lotto to night.
There is no lotto draw tonight.
Gillard is our problem.
Turnbull is as you say, but the Australian version of the Republican Tea Party, Abbott's Circus, will have nothing to do with Liberalism.

Thanks Belly. Personally, I don't think the problem is Gillard at all, nor is it K Rudd, nor the Labor party itself. However, there is a problem there, and the problem is the hung parliament. That makes it virtually impossible to govern, without lots of compromise, deals and manoeuvres. If the Coalition had formed their minority government, instead of Labor, (they tried and failed), then the Coalition would be having the exact same difficulties that Labor has had, and they would be using the exact same techniques to hang on to government for as long as possible.

Under the minority government circumstances, Labor has had remarkable achievements, many of which will benefit the nation for generations to come. They have successfully passed hundreds of pieces of legislation, most of them bitterly opposed by the Coalition for purely political purposes. This Labor success will eventually become public knowledge to many more people as the next election approaches.

Attack dog Tony has had a 2 year dummy spit, and has never accepted the election result. The Coalition's costings at the last election, without the expertise of P Costello, revealed a 70 billion dollar costings deficit. That's a disgrace and a scandal. These guys are economic illiterates. Who in their right mind would really want our country managed by immature people like Attack Dog Tony, WA WA WA Point Of Order Drama Queen Christopher Pine, or the economically illiterate (in P Costello's words)Angry Joe Hockey. But don't worry, they'll be backed up by intellectual giants like Bronwyn Bishop and that strange senator chick who gets charged with criminal offences and does dances in question time. Gee, will old Wilson Tuckey now make a comeback? Ha ha ha. Wow, what intellectual giants.

I'm hoping that the Coalition will drop a further 6 points, when people listen to the spin of Joe Hockey today attempting to sabotage the National Disability Scheme, by saying that he has been told personally by state Premiers that they can't afford it.

Of course he means the new Liberal cowboy Premiers that have devised a treasonous plan in cohorts with Joe to discredit, destabilise or downright dismantle anything that the Govt does that will get browny points from the voters. Joe Hockey is also the only Shadow Treasurer to have never presented a policy costing ever. Only 10 mins before the last election did he present a set of figures fraudulently described as audit.

In fact his job as LNP Shadow is to devise excuses for not presenting policy costings. As he did again today. Of course there are no policies to cost, because Abbott hasn't presented any.

I'm hoping the public is starting to see through this and have a better understanding of whom it is that is actually on their side. The Govt had advocated a cut in company tax, opposed by Abbott and Co and the Greens , so therefore unable to get that up on the the floor of the reps, they have ensured that at least some of this money benefits business through consumer spending. It also provides stimulus , it's lateral thinking in action if nothing else.

If anything Labor has found another very good treasurer in Wayne Swan whom has been given the credit internationally for Australia's current enviable economic situation and first time triple AAA rating. Thats how good the world see's our situation at this time.

Speaks for itself, whilst we seem to be getting stuck locally (particularly in the media) in Abbott land. Where everything is wrong, nothing is positive, the Govt is always wrong no matter what they do. When your a voter stuck in that environment Hasbeen, Malcolm Turnbull would be a breath of fresh air. Maybe he would even bring budgetary accountability to the LNP as leader and make them a credible alternative Gov't.