red baron wrote on Mar 8
th, 2016 at 9:33am:
You may not have lied liked him but there is no mistake he was a leader, Malcolm Turnbull isn't.
You have apparently missed the news that Abbott's leadership was so dysfunctional that Credlin was doing everything for him including breaching protocol and national security.
Abbott was manifestly unsuitable for the job of Prime Minister. It is a shame that we had to put up with two years of Abbott leading the government to learn that.
Abbott was a bumbling fool who couldn't answer questions from the media without careful preparation. This is why he avoided media scrutiny as much as possible. He had numerous other shortcomings. The only people who really followed Abbott were those who did it out of morbid curiosity.
Turnbull's weaknesses are also showing. His honeymoon is clearly over. His satisfaction rating has plunged since December. This loss of support is showing no signs of slowing, and he is taking the Coalition's support with it. Turnbull could be facing a September election with approval ratings much the same as they were in November 2009 shortly before he got rolled by Abbott. The voters saw through him in 2009 and there's every chance that they could do so again before a September election. That is why the government are talking up an early election - they know that if Turnbull had an extra two or three months in the job his shortcomings will be more apparent to the voters.
Meanwhile Shorten's ratings have steadily improved since December. Releasing policy has helped Shorten. The Shorten-led ALP are behaving like a Government - releasing policy - and the Abbott-Turnbull government are behaving like an Opposition - not releasing policy and trying the small-target strategy. This could well portend the fate of both if Shorten were to lead the ALP back into government.
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