An unfortunate article if you are a Coalition voter Poirot.

"According to the Galaxy poll, taken exclusively for News Limited papers, Mr Rudd is considered the better choice for prime minister by 51 per cent of voters compared with Tony Abbott's 34 per cent."

If I were Rudd, I would go to the polls early.
It doesn't really matter what he stands for, as merely having 'knifed' Gillard has apparently elevated him to hero status!

P,

Deliberately adding a mirror to your thread:

I also see that no one has any idea what Rudd stands for.

SOL

Keen for a dash to the polls at 49-51 2pp. You really are desperate.

Juliar got a 6 point bounce when she knifed Rudd which disappeared in 6 weeks.

Quick answer let the people tell you.
This mornings polls.
Confirmation that has been seen in every poll for years.
They see in him a better more wanted man than Tiny Tony the truth is only them, the voters views matter.
Got to go! raining out side going to zip out and sing in it.

SM,

Yes I realised that....'twas only a joke (would've done the same myself:)

I note a certain disaffection from Suse pertaining to Gillard's demise. That's interesting, because not all Labor voters are happy with Rudd's re-ascendance, especially people who identified mainy with the fact that Gillard was a woman..

For me, it's a touch of poetic justice.

I'm one who's of the opinion that Gillard's coup actually weakened Labor in the 2010 election, despite her initial jump in the polls. There also seemed to be something hugely amiss in Labor's ability to sell itself to the electorate under Gillard.

I suppose, SM, for me it's more of an interest in how this change will affect voting patterns.

I think that most voters are far more shallow in their reasoning than we allow for. Rudd's return even's up the contest - and may even define the choice more clearly for some.

Interesting times.

P,

"I think that most voters are far more shallow in their reasoning than we allow for." God I hope not. Time will tell

Rudd is the new model for Labor. Factionally unaligned, impeccable professional credentials, public service background, rags-to-riches story, devoted to managerialism by rigid process control. He also has a wife who is herself a model for careerist women, although she is far from a feminist in the Gillard mould. Her comments last year about the way women obsess about perfection rather than being pragmatic about outcomes as men are drew lots of outrage from the professional feminist whingers. Let's not forget she is a psychologist by profession, so they could hardly be dismissed out of hand.

In my view the power of the AWU especially and the unions generally is gone. The Emily's Listers are growing more powerful and moving away from the hard left model that Gillard exemplified. They have a new co-convenor in Sen McEwen, who was not facing election this time, and may have lost the opportunity if Gillard had remained and the party had been destroyed as it was undoubtedly going to be. She is third on the ticket in SA.

The model for that group is being revisited and it may yet become a force for genuine equality rather than a vehicle for the personal ambition of the psychopathic Gillard and the bitterness of third-rate genderists like Summers. It would be fascinating to know what discussions are happening behind the scenes. Rudd is grooming his daughter for a political career, so I'm sure that's part of it.