Neither Gillard nor Rudd

February 6th, 2012 at 12:13 pm by David Farrar

It is becoming clear that Kevin Rudd will challenge Julia Gillard for the Labor Party leadership. The latest poll has him as Preferred PM by 57% to 35% for Gillard.

However I don’t think he will win. Too many in his caucus hate him, and going back to Rudd will just lead to more infighting.

Gillard though seems to be a walking corpse. Many Australians regard her a a liar and backstabber, and don’t even regard her Government as legitimate. Personally I think it is a pity, because as Labor PMs go I think she is better than Rudd and Keating.

Hence I think that Rudd will challenge Gillard, but the caucus will turn to a third choice to become Leader and Prime Minister.

Tags: Australian Labor

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10 Responses to “Neither Gillard nor Rudd”

dog_eat_dog (595) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Hawke
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tas (294) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
ipredict still seems fairly confident Gillard will stay.
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tvb (3,314) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Rudd cannot unite the party. So it is filled who is dying by a thousand cuts so they need a compromise. The media who are driving this are flogging it. Hilliard should just hang in there keep driving through policy. The issue may even pass. But more incidents like the Australia day balls up could be fatal.
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Tautaioleua (162) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Rudd is another power freak. He had his chance and failed miserably, there are no second chances in politics.
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Manolo (9,946) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
A contest of supreme vainness (Rudd) against complete vacuousness (Gillard).
Socialists made for each other.
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GPT1 (1,952) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 4:40 pm
I suspect Gillard polls much higher outside Australia than within but talk about the poisoned chalice – some elections you don’t want to win. I would suggest the last one was one of those.

Rudd is, by many accounts, a terrible human being so long may he stay in exile.
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B A W (76) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 5:14 pm
What a mess. At this rate Tony Abbott will win the next election without trying due to the in fighting.
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pq (728) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 7:29 pm
yes, as BAW says, you Farrar appear to forget that Australia will go Liberal Nat in the next elections .
Rudd is over
Those independent poofters Oakeshoft and co are finished.
They voted against their own people in NSW.
Bob Catter remained strong
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BlueGriffon (200) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
Hilarious: http://media.smh.com.au/news/national-times/rudd–gillard–somebody-that-i-used-to-know-2936127.html
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@BoJangles (6) Says:
February 6th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
The March election rout of the Qld Labour govt will be the catalyst for public disgust with continuing with the Gillard rabble.
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