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I don't put much credibility in polls, untill it really counts.
However, it will put the wind up an already shaky government.
The splash of cash will be coming to a letterbox near you.lol
Latest Herald/Nielsen poll found support for Gillard is down to 35% while Rudd is favoured by 61%.
2pp is 56:44 to the coalition with labor back down to a primary vote of 30% and coalition on 47%.
And it shows Abbott as the preferred PM at 49% (up 9 points) with Gillard on 45% (down 5 points)
Read more:
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...ore-popular-20130217-2elb7.html#ixzz2L9q1mXDF
If women voters continue to walk away, it all over.
A Rudd return must be in doubt now. He will read the tea leaves, it's a poisoned chalice.
Two polls in the last two days have shown similar much increased support toward Tony Abbott, even for women, and I doubt Ms Gillard would ever have anticipated him coming out as preferred PM.
I don't quite know why such a marked change has occurred. Her involvement in the dud mining tax?
A gradually dawning realisation that the whole sport doping horror has turned out to be a government diversion from their own problems? An awareness that the world's greatest treasurer is looking very shaky on his feet?
Two polls in the last two days have shown similar much increased support toward Tony Abbott, even for women, and I doubt Ms Gillard would ever have anticipated him coming out as preferred PM.
I don't quite know why such a marked change has occurred. Her involvement in the dud mining tax?
A gradually dawning realisation that the whole sport doping horror has turned out to be a government diversion from their own problems? An awareness that the world's greatest treasurer is looking very shaky on his feet?
Julia, I believe the majority of voters just don't trust Julia Gillard any more. It is quite simple to understand her modus operandi.
I can't see us having to wait until 14th September. I believe an election will be held before then because the Labor Party are about implode big time.
AWU National Secretary Paul Howes regrets some of the things he did and the role that nhe played on Labor's night of the long knives.
I bet he does.
http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/201...s-name-in-the-awu-fraud-scandal.html#comments
That would in my view be the most practical choice for Kevin Rudd.He then refuses their request.
The begging of him to return gives him the pleasure of rubbing Gillard's nose in the pooh for what she did to him. He might even be able to get some of the people who bad mouthed him when he challenged last year and who want to curry his favour to also bad mouth Gillard. When Gillard is sufficiently bloodied and humiliated and every one kept in suspense for a few days, he then refuses the request, knowing that it would only be a poisoned chalice. He has the fall back excuse of claiming he said he would not seek the leadership.
Yep,he would be very aware of the implications for the unions of an Abbott landslide.AlAWU National Secretary Paul Howes regrets some of the things he did and the role that he played on Labor's night of the long knives.
I bet he does.
http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/201...s-name-in-the-awu-fraud-scandal.html#comments
Sock it to her Lady!
Every time I watch Question Time seeing him in the background reminds me of this video. What a hoot!
Sadly this video is still relevant.
Kevin Rudd $2.15
Julia Gillard $2.30
Bill Shorten $4.00
KEVIN Rudd would catapult Labor into an election-winning position if he was reinstalled as leader, according to a new Galaxy poll taken for The Courier-Mail.
A comeback by the former prime minister would deliver a massive 14 percent boost to Labor's primary vote, putting it in line to seize two thirds of the seats in Queensland.
The poll of 800 Queenslanders found federal Labor's support, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the helm, was stuck on 33 per cent support - close to its primary vote at the last election.
This would see Tony Abbott lead the Coalition to victory by 55 per cent to 45 per cent on a two party preferred basis in Queensland if preferences flowed as they did in 2010.
But Labor's primary vote would soar to 47 per cent in Queensland if Mr Rudd returned to the leadership and faced off against Mr Abbott, the poll found.
Under the Rudd scenario, Labor's Queensland preferred vote would be 53 per cent to 47 per cent for the Coalition giving the ALP a potentially winning edge.
I do love the tabloids.
If Mr Rudd somehow takes the top spot again, there will be no dearth of material for the Liberals. Steve Gibbons, the Federal Member for Bendigo, said "only a psychopath with a giant ego would line up again".
Ms Gillard said there were months of "paralysis and chaos" under his leadership.
Former leader, Regional Affairs Minister Simon Crean, said he was "disloyal" and never "accepted party discipline".
Environment Minister Tony Burke talked about his "stealth", his "undermining campaign", and said that he was impossible to work with.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said that he had "contempt for the Cabinet, contempt for Cabinet members, contempt for the caucus, contempt for the Parliament".
"For somebody to be engaged in destabilising and giving Tony Abbott a chance to win the last election is an absolute disgrace," he said.
Former Health Minister Nicola Roxon said he was not the "messiah".
Yep,he would be very aware of the implications for the unions of an Abbott landslide.Al
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