I thought he may last a bit longer but things have really turned against him in the last couple of days. Its a pity because he is the most progressive Liberal in the party. One of the other leadership contenders often gets mistaken for the guy in the photo below.
Kevin Andrews:
Lego Man
Seriously though, the Liberal party is in such a mess that Turnbulls job was secure as leader because no one else would want to lead the party into what will be a large loss at the next election. Most candidates would want to wait till after the election in 2010 to contest. Unfortunately for them the Liberals seem to want to maintain the ultra conservative stance that Howard represented. I would think this would be a mistake as the electorate showed that it wanted to move away from that style of govt to a more centre based one. Tony Abbot may give the govt a scare if he is the man to replace Turnbull, but he can be a bit aggresive when you scratch the surface. If the Govt could make him lose his temper ( which would be pretty easy to do, ) it would make the libs look even worse.
Turnbull really is their best bet, but they will probably throw that out the window. Which reminds me of the saying" If the answer is Liberal, the question is probably stupid."
PS. Aussies, I often thought that there should be a dedicated "Australian politics thread" on these forums. Aussies would be the main users I guess, and it may only get activated , or "bumped " once every few weeks or so, but it may be good to use it to talk about stuff that doesnt rate on a world level , and other BF2sers wouldnt know about. What do you think?
Kevin Andrews:
Lego Man
Seriously though, the Liberal party is in such a mess that Turnbulls job was secure as leader because no one else would want to lead the party into what will be a large loss at the next election. Most candidates would want to wait till after the election in 2010 to contest. Unfortunately for them the Liberals seem to want to maintain the ultra conservative stance that Howard represented. I would think this would be a mistake as the electorate showed that it wanted to move away from that style of govt to a more centre based one. Tony Abbot may give the govt a scare if he is the man to replace Turnbull, but he can be a bit aggresive when you scratch the surface. If the Govt could make him lose his temper ( which would be pretty easy to do, ) it would make the libs look even worse.
Turnbull really is their best bet, but they will probably throw that out the window. Which reminds me of the saying" If the answer is Liberal, the question is probably stupid."
PS. Aussies, I often thought that there should be a dedicated "Australian politics thread" on these forums. Aussies would be the main users I guess, and it may only get activated , or "bumped " once every few weeks or so, but it may be good to use it to talk about stuff that doesnt rate on a world level , and other BF2sers wouldnt know about. What do you think?
