Belly
You could also ask why isn't the ALP backing Rudd. There may be very good reasons and if you still have contacts within the ALP maybe you could determine these for yourself.

Although I understand the ALP's concern about possible loss at the next election, backing a highly unsuitable leader (and all the problems it brings) is not a worthy strategy just to save a few marginal seats.

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Bill Shorten has already made his reputation in Australia and overseas,

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/bill-shorten_n_1459923.html
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Hehehe! Bill (has anyone got an opinion for me?) Shorten.
Simply breath taking :~(

And to think people on this forum see him as some kind of god?
Un-fruiting believable!

Juliar really must be a witch. What else could conjure up pheromones so strong as to put the rest of her party in such a stupor?

Standard stuff Rechtub, from you, his leaving saw NSW ALP rot on the vine.
Pelican, well Rudd did his dash, he knows it and the reason?
IF the numbers had been on his side he would have ran without doubt.
I am wondering how long he remains in the house, wealthy in his own right he may want a job.
And it may just be to run hard in the election pretending Gillard is not an anchor, then leave.
Ludwig in this case you can say never, Carr will leave politics on the day his senate seat needs re electing, and shine in other things.
Any one else hear Gillard? complaining about just what she did? funny stuff.
Raw Mustard Shorten if you understand the knifing of Rudd, lead even there.
His every life move has been toward the PM chair.
He will be loved is good at his job, I at least know the bloke you smear him without that backing.
Post the defeat, we need other than a power broker, not someone saying he is for reform when clearly no union or ex union head wants it.
First thing reform does is return the party to its members.
They have shown they do not want that , need a dumping spot for ex union heads and the ALP is that.
Got to turn Gillard off, she is on TV swearing, not as much as me, in her new crawlers/team.

<< Luddy just because Carr & you are on the same page on "sustainability", does not make him any smarter. >>

Haz……. I think it does!

It makes him smarter than most pollies!

Anyone who can appreciate the sustainability imperative and can see how utterly antisustainable our current system is, is definitely smarter than your average politician.

You knock the stuffing out of poor old Bob each time I mention this business, which I have many times now on OLO. Well, I think you’re probably right to some extent. But that’s not the point.

The point is that we have so desperately got to start steering our society towards a sustainable future, and it seems that Bob is the only one up there in the top levels of our political circles who could get this happening.

Belly....Standard stuff Rechtub, from you, his leaving saw NSW ALP rot on the vine.

Yes, a bit like Anna Bligh/Peter Beaty's QLD mess, they are gone, but the mess left behind has formed a mountain that is unable to be climbed without serious pain being incurred.

Something that labor and their supporters just can't accept as their own doing, as it was their (labor's) waste and missmanagement that have caused the mess.

Kinda rings a bell, QLD, NSW, FEDERAL, with history to back it up.

One of QLD's biggest contributors was poor oppersition, which allowed labor to become extremely complacent as they stood no chance of being voted out until Campbell came along.

I told you that the moment it was announced, just like I told you Gillard would become PM, yet you continue to tell me I am I'll informed.

You and I come from different sides, whereas I have always created jobs, while you (unions) only focus on saving them, often at any cost.

So Gillard is one tough lady?
Never liked or had respect for that type.
Never knew one who could find her bottom without a map.
Who will she and her crawlers blame for todays polls?
Can it be this developer of cash for clunkers [she would be worth a quid], and so much more forgettable flops think being tough is the answer.
Can her crew of miss fits say now Rudd has gone, think voters lifeboats, she will get the voters?
Rechtub rest, you weary me, and just may get a seat in Gillards front bench if you talk nice, she is looking for supporters.
To go over the water fall, with her then be dragged to the train wreck
that follows