dude. the australian (voting) public is inherently conservative/right wing. the media is irrelevant. julia stands for nothing. the greens are a one-policy party who are in favour of everything ("free hugs" for example). before you can do anything, you have to get elected. rudd was and did nothing. hence was summarily dismissed. julia produced the next best result at last year's election for the ALP other than losing. now she is hamstrung by a parliament that could swing with a heart attack. the greens are dominating the agenda. conservative parties are polling at 45% of the primary vote. most of thosed polled presumably do not want policy directed by the greens. Labor's primary vote is at 30%, its lowest ever. Julia complains that Abbott opposes everything. He does. He's the leader of the opposition. But instead of opposing him with principled policy, she presents to the public a hopefully palatable/electable version of Labor that distinguishes itself from no way from those who sit across from her in the house of representatives. if Labor truly were a progressive party, why not be one? why not support gay marriage? why not propose an ETS because it is the right thing to do and supported by the science? Gillard has always been about what can be done. not what should be done. she is the ultimate consensus/compromise politician. she successfully negotiated government for her party. but she will not lead them to the next election. if she does, they will not win it. she is unelectable
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