Kevin Rudd had been appointed Party Leader to
take Labor into Government. The dissatisfied
Right Wing with Rudd's progressive and somewhat
unorthodox Leadership (he did advise that he would
not take any notice of Party Factions) eventually
cost him - the Leadership. Subsequently he did challenge
again for the Leadership but did not have the numbers.

Political commentators who have been following Rudd's
activities in the back bench feel that Rudd will not
challenge again but he would not refuse the Leadership
should the Party draft him to do so. However, if we recall
Peter Costello's aspirations to Leadership which
depended on the Party drafting him - this never eventuated.

Of course after this coming election - who knows what
the future will bring. If the PM loses, then the only logical
choice to lead the Party would be Kevin Rudd.

Interesting times ahead.

I wonder.....remember when Costello was left standing after Howard was unceremoniously booted? What did Costello do? He told them they could stick their leadership where the sun don't shine.

I'm sure he derived a modicum of satisfaction in that act.

However, little did he know that he probably could have easily reached the Prime Ministership within one term. I believe after the 2007 rout, that he considered he was looking down the barrel of at least two terms as leader of the opposition - and that was something he couldn't stomach

He gained far more satisfaction from telling his colleagues (in light of their failure to elbow Howard out to make way for Costello) that they could stew in their own juice - and that he was off to greener pastures.

Funny old game, politics.

No wonder so many women end up in unhappy abusive marriages, when the usually very perceptive, like our lovely Lexi, can be so taken in by a rotten conman like Rudd.

I guess we Queenslanders had some advantage, as we saw him night after night, on our ABC swearing undying love & support for Beasley, while he had the knife buried deep in his back.

I wonder if that was the same knife Julia used, or if all Labor pollies come equipped with the same hardware.

The interesting thing is that no knives are necessary to dispatch these Labor leaders. Mostly they are so incompetent they commit suicide, even when they are trying for re election

Belly - Just because others have a different view to you does not mean that you have to put in your snide comments, accept the fact that others have opinions if you disagree try to persuade, but why attack with you babyish comments.

Quote - I see, even taste the TRIUMPH in Rechtub , and the usual from Philip s.
Both understand only one side and little of that.
Suseonline has a view shared, fear of that strutting little man Tony trust me Abbott.

Philip s your every single comment, from your arrival, has been snide.
Quite a few who gather around you, fueled by dislike of any thing Labor, re read this thread, make,s claim in my view to the same charge.
This thread has seen a change, just in its first hours.
On line news quoting Rudds supporters are saying he will challenge, in March.
Observation had me saying he would, at least six months ago.
He is not assured of victory, in that contest or the election.
IF he won, Liberals would almost certainly remove Abbott, a street fighter but unlikely PM.
Personal likes or disli8kes should not be an opportunity for out busts of unfounded spite, see indys contribution.
Any basic under stand8ing, of who the failures and self intre3sted supporters of Gillard are, the Crean failure and Swan oncer now a hasbeen, Shorten fueled by a hunger for power his side kick Conroy, should have conservatives reminding me, about their links to NSW right power brokers, not hiding them while rushing in to kick Rudd.
Rudd may reduce the defeat,even avoid it, unlikely but true.
Gillard can do neither, she has her past/present, and true nature against her.
I lack the ability of my opponents, I must research and learn constantly before my comments.
Some clearly get the news from the fish and chips rapping paper.
The mentioned news has a poll.
Who would you vote for
29%Gillard 29%neither 48% Rudd.representative in my view of this country.

Dear Hasbeen,

Thanks for the back-handed compliments.

However, it's occurred to me that if the Opposition
sees fit to continuously keep attacking pollies like Mr Rudd and
the PM, it means these people must pose some sort of threat
to the Opposition's chances of winning the next election.

If there was no fear, then the Opposition wouldn't be
concentrating on telling us what's wrong with these people,
and the government. They would be presenting us with
alternative policies and what they would do in government.
Then the Electorate would be able to make informed choices.

No voter likes continuous negativity - it only conveys
a message of inadequacy and most people are getting fed up
with this scenario.