otokonoko,
I'll give you 11 out of 10 for trying to destabilise Coalition support by offering a merry-go-round of MPs' rather than give Tony Abbott a fair go. Remember the catch cry ? Fair Go ! Labor's biggest catch cry but not when it comes to others.
Tony Abbott has you lot cringing in fear & rightly so, you've been on the bandwagon at our expense for too long.
My prediction is that Abbott will make a very good, down to earth Prime Minister who will govern with sense & dignity. If you don't know what sense & dignity means you can look it up just about anywhere except in Labor journals I suppose.
Even If Abbott can't govern properly due to Labor interference he'll still perform better that Labor ever could. Don't lecture us about good leaders, try & find one amongst yourselves. Good Luck !

"...If you don't know what sense & dignity means you can look it up just about anywhere except in Labor journals..."

Excellent, individual....don't argue the point - insult the poster instead.

Otokonoko posts a well-balanced and non-inflammatory view - and you decide that anyone who doesn't roundly extol Mr Abbott as PM deserves to be censured.

"....Mr Abbott has you lot cringing in fear & rightly so - you've been on the bandwagon at our expense too long...."

Why say the above to Otokonoko?

Let's face it, Mr Abbott should be a shoe in. If he exuded a true statesmanship or a definable quality of leadership, and if he wasn't so likely to put his foot in his mouth, us lefties would see him as a more viable option.

So far this guy seems to me like a cardboard cutout - I'm waiting for signs of life

Signs of life. That maybe beyond recall. The carbon tax took that much out of MR Abbott, only to find it beyond mentioning.
He has shifted his rhetoric to the surplus, albeit a little soon. Closely followed by Hockey.
Not one of the opposition talks about economy, or anything else that is relevant to AU.
There is a cringe factor going on, with nasty comment as well.
Everything has to do with past tense, never future events.
Foot in mouth is rampant, sexism, old news, nail thomson, slipper, gillard, do anything except talk politics. They can not be seen to be politically illiterate

Poirot & 579,
here you are having a go at me with worse. get real. .

don't argue the point - insult the poster instead. That's not an insult, since when is stating facts insulting ? I'm not making these remarks without basis, I'm taking into account the poster's history. He/she/it supports the crowd that makes life very hard for many & is ruining the country. In my book anyone who supports something like that is not a genuine decent character.

Oko put a post together that speaks for most Australians.
In that post he made it CLEAR he is no lover of Labor, as is his right.
But in both party,s, remember less than 20% swing, and those undecided,think the same.
Our leaders are unloved, by most of the population.
Soon Abbott will be replaced, this may force Gillards replacement.
Look with an honest heart at indys posts.
He is far from alone here, unbalanced comments and formed around insults.
Some past and present posters got extra rope, it was clear they did not quite have a grip.
Do we gain anything by rebutting such, or are we feeding the problem.
Oko you have it right, do not let your self be BULLIED.
Challenging Tony Abbott's fitness to govern is treated as war, doing the same for Gillard?
You have to laugh.

individual,

That's an impressive piece of rationalisation.

And what's this?...."In my book anyone who supports something like that is not a genuine decent character."

Something like what?

Here's Otokonoko's post:

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5456&page=0#149032

It's an eminently reasonable post - perhaps the most considered on this thread.