November 30, 2007
Whilst the shattered Liberals look modern with new Nelson Bishop facelift the Rudd cabinet places the focus on skills (Gillard's workplace and education) and a reform agenda embracing federalism, health care, climate change, education and infrastructure at a time when commentators are talking in terms of the perfect storm engulfing the world economy.
History suggests that the leadership challenges to Nelson will come, even before 2007, as they try to sort out what they believe in whilst in opposition for two terms--- or even a lot longer.

Dyson
It could well be a Team Rudd decade. Will it be a decade of reform to modernize Australia run by a centralized government with key policy making power located in the prime ministers domain?
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I would think that a challenge from Turnbull is about 100 percent likely at some stage. Abbott is never likely to have the numbers to try. He was most popular with the electorate when he went through that baby saga and his popularity then was based on people feeling sorry for him when the kid was declared not his. Since then he has looked altogether a rude, hard and perhaps uncaring person. Certainly doesn't endear Australians to him. The Slavic countries like that sort of leader. Not here.
Nelson is hardly a newbie and he has the numbers. He has obviously been using the hemorrhoid cream under the eyes to get rid of those black bags that he is prone to so he even looks a bit friendlier lately.
I am sure the cartoonists are happy. Its not often a leader comes along with a name like nelson. But hey wasn't I dream of Jeannie's bloke a nelson. Yes I can see that! Him in a uniform bumbling around and bishop in the Jeannie suit blinking her eyes to make things happen. LOL