athos wrote on Sep 7
th, 2010 at 4:54pm:
Tonny Abot failed. So when a looser Abbot is going to be replaced with more decent man Mr. Malcolm Turnbull.
I've heard many people were telling me: "If Mr. Turnbull was opposition leader I would vote for him".
I also heard similar sentiments expressed Athos, so on that basis it is easy to say that IF Turnbull had been leader, that would have got them across the line.
I think that is a naive and simplistic argument to make though, because it ignores the fact that it was Abbott, and not Turnbull, who totally reversed the coalitions slide into insignificance.
Under Turnbull, they were considered as electorally without hope, and Abbott campaigned doggedly, and determinedly, and with an unswerving focus on the mismanagement message, he very nearly won the election, so Abbott deserves due credit for achieving that result.
I agree with most, that unless there is an election in the near future, then Tony Abbott will not lead the Libs to the next election, and he will be replaced with a more moderate, popular leader, if they have any sense.
The thing is that the Libs have a terrible record in regard to choosing leaders, and usually pass over the best men for the job, in favour of people who are less worthy, so if they do that again we may even see Kwissy Pyne as leader, now wouldn't that be fun?