Gillard should go!

[dedja]

Labor need more than the G-G on their side ... they need divine intervention

[southee]

Could Shorten serve as PM with his mother-in-law as the Governor General?

You do have a point there GWW...could be a interesting one!!

[Psyber]

Stephen Smith is the only person in the federal ALP I feel anything positive about at all.

[Squawk]

Whilst Julia continues to publicy ignore the obvious issues, (yet listen to her colleagues speak for and against Kevin and herself), the Labor party would probably come out of this best if they did find a compromise candidate.

If they are all so worried about the next term of govt, then Stephen Smith would have the most acceptance amongst the Australian populus, surely?

Roxon, Wong and Shorten and even possibly Plibersek (in no particular order) could all be potentially future PMs, but the timing is wrong for each of them.


Julia should be being decisive and fixing the Rudd issue for once and for all. I bet she keeps reminding Caucus though that the Govt's agreement with the Independents (enabling minority govt) is with her personally, not with the Labor party. If Julia goes, the independents may walk and we could have a snap election.

[OnSong]

I think Roxon has strong leadership credentials.

[Psyber]

I think Roxon has strong leadership credentials.

Yes, she's a bully and totally inflexible!
But she doesn't disguise it as well as Kevin Rudd did.

[OnSong]

I think Roxon has strong leadership credentials.

Yes, she's a bully and totally inflexible!
But she doesn't disguise it as well as Kevin Rudd did.

A bully and totally inflexible? Describes nearly every politician ever.

[Psyber]

I think Roxon has strong leadership credentials.

Yes, she's a bully and totally inflexible!
But she doesn't disguise it as well as Kevin Rudd did.

A bully and totally inflexible? Describes nearly every politician ever.

Yes.
Just most of them hide it fairly well when they are trying to get the nomination or sell themselves to the public.
Tanya Pilbersek hides it better but I'd sooner trust Roxon than her - watch the eyes and lips when anyone disagrees with her on TV.

[OnSong]

I have better things to watch on TV, I'm afraid.

[southee]

Extremely quiet by the "faceless men" on the politics forum

[Mad Mat]

Rudd has resigned as Foreign Affairs Min. Leadership challenge likely next week. I don't care who leads the ALP, I just want to vote their arse out.

[Media Park]

Rudd has resigned as Foreign Affairs Min. Leadership challenge likely next week. I don't care who leads the ALP, I just want to vote their arse out.

Was quoted directly as saying he will not challenge for the leadership...

[southee]

Rudd has resigned as Foreign Affairs Min. Leadership challenge likely next week. I don't care who leads the ALP, I just want to vote their arse out.

Was quoted directly as saying he will not challenge for the leadership...

He will challenge .... That's Rudd . Massive ego to not let things go.

Hope he does not challenge and keep gillard as they will get eaten , chewed and spat out that fast ..... Let them self destruct !!!

[Media Park]

Honestly though, if a leadership spill happened last week, Rudd would be crushed, and probably leave politics straight away.

Doing this on his terms, and hanging crap on Simon Crean as well (who is not liked), tying him right in with Gillard, if he goes on Monday and says he wants the job, I think he'd be getting pretty close.

Second only to Obama as an orator, and it was fitting he was in DC.

[mickey]

Stephen Smith is the only person in the federal ALP I feel anything positive about at all.

Isn't he going to captain the Redbacks next season???

[RustyCage]

Vote for Labor leadership Monday morning it has just been announced. More info yet to be announced

[southee]

Leadership spill for Monday morning .....

Here we go !!!

[Q.]

Only an egomaniac would want the poisoned chalice.

[Media Park]

Leadership spill... Going to be very interesting over the next couple of days.

[am Bays]

Rudd's F***ed, he may as well get used to being a backbencher, here's why:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/tony-windsor-says-rudd-as-pm-means-an-early-poll/story-e6frea6u-1226278645392

No ALP pollie in a dodgy seat (there are seven on a margin of less than 1.5%) is going to commit political suicide by votong for a bloke who could see this minority government lose it's posiiton on the right hand side of the speaker.

Kev, you've got as much chance of me winning as I have of pushing a pound of butter up a parrots ar5e with a hot needle.