Rudd new ALP leader (2 Viewers)

[Rafy]

Kevin Rudd is the new opposition leader and leader of the ALP.

Vote was 49-39.

Gillard was elected deputy leader unopposed.

The frontbench vote will be held on thursday.

Rudd elected new Labor leader
Rudd rolls Beazley to lead Labor

 

[ihavenothing]

All I can say is

We're back in business

 

[littlewing69]

Good.

 

[frog12986]

As expected, but how is this man supposed to woo the voters in the old Labor heartland; the workers..

Internal polling by the ALP indicates that the seat of Lindsay in western Sydney, is moving further and further away from their grasp. How can Mr Rudd, an acadmic of sorts, reverse this trend??

 

[katie_tully]

Fantastic. Incompetence has been replaced by a nancy and a rabid feminist.

The circus that is left wing politics will go on to amuse me for a third year straight.

 

[bshoc]

First there was K-Fed ... now the ALP brings you K-Rud

Thankyou K-Rud for making an already unelectable ALP even more unelectable. Expect another 2-4% swing against Labor in the the next Federal election as the moderates begin to abandon the ALP wholesale.

 

[littlewing69]

First there was K-Fed ... now the ALP brings you K-Rud

Thankyou K-Rud for making an already unelectable ALP even more unelectable. Expect another 2-4% swing against Labor in the the next Federal election as the moderates begin to abandon the ALP wholesale.

Beazley had to go sooner or later--he was never, ever going to win an election.

 

[Scanorama]

Good to see Beazley is gone, he won't win the election.

Now imagine if Rudd loses the next election and Beazley makes another come back - just like what happened when Latham lost.

 

[katie_tully]

Dude, Rudd isn't going to win either. Labor needs to get out of this stupid dream sequence it's been prancing around in for the last, oh I don't know, 10 or so years.

I can't think of a single thing Rudd stands for...or against. A silent leader is scarier than a stupid leader.

 

[ihavenothing]

^cunt

 

[katie_tully]

Typical leftist. This is why Labor never wins, it has people like you supporting it.

 

[bshoc]

Beazley had to go sooner or later--he was never, ever going to win an election.

His chances and margins were better than K-Rud's. Voters who moved towards the Liberal Party (the "old Labor" moderates - which Beazley represented) during the 1996 Federal election were the ones that gave Howard the government. What the replacement of Beazley with Rudd does is send the rest of that group to the Libs, although it also steals some votes from the Greens and Democrats, but not enough to balance. Another swing against Labor is almost certain.

That said nobody short of Jesus could lead the mess that is federal labor to a federal election win.

 

[MoonlightSonata]

Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King!

 

[ihavenothing]

Dude, Rudd isn't going to win either. Labor needs to get out of this stupid dream sequence it's been prancing around in for the last, oh I don't know, 10 or so years.

I can't think of a single thing Rudd stands for...or against. A silent leader is scarier than a stupid leader.

Umm, lets see
-opposition to Workchoices
-troops out of Iraq
-AWB scandal
-interest rates rise
-Relations with China (he speaks Chinese)
-against Media Ownership Laws

he has been one of the most vocal people in the ALP for the last two years

 

[bshoc]

Umm, lets see
-opposition to Workchoices
-troops out of Iraq
-AWB scandal
-interest rates rise
-Relations with China (he speaks Chinese)
-against Media Ownership Laws

These issues only appeal to the Labor left ...

 

[Rafy]

Beazley's brother dies
IN a crushing blow, toppled Labor leader Kim Beazley has just been informed that his brother David has died. The news came shortly after Mr Beazley lost the ALP to challenger Kevin Rudd.

 

[katie_tully]

Ha ha ha. From what I've seen, Corrine Grant is more vocal about Work Choice than Rudd.
Troops out of Iraq? Yawn, what a tired subject. Crap like that doesn't win elections because crap like that doesn't impose on every day Australians
AWB scandal? Oh noes!! Considering that the ones the scandal will hurt the most (the farmers) generally vote Liberal, I fail to see why Rudd yapping on about AWB will compell anybody to vote Labor.
Interest rate rises! Here's an idea! Don't buy a McMansion with a mortage thats out of your grasp. Also handy is not filling your McMansion with furniture and appliances you cannot afford.
Oh and um, 17% anyone?

Relations with China? Oh you mean the relations we already have with China due to Howard? Rudd can speak Chinese? Congratulations Rudd, so can about 1 billion others on the earth.

So anyway, I didn't see anything of worth mentioned there. I saw a bunch of crap that Labor has been unsuccessfully contesting for the last 2 years.

 

[ihavenothing]

These issues only appeal to the Labor left ...

Criminalization of homosexuality and banning of abortions don't appeal to all Liberal voters like you either

 

[bshoc]

Criminalization of homosexuality and banning of abortions don't appeal to all Liberal voters like you either

I'm not a Liberal voter ....

 

[ihavenothing]

Considering that the ones the scandal will hurt the most (the farmers) generally vote Liberal, I fail to see why Rudd yapping on about AWB will compell anybody to vote Labor.

You seemed to have forgotten about the National Party (which represents the majority of farmers) and how the scandal may endanger the coalition. And with the American lawyers coming in to sue I'm sure the government would love what that is doing for the US Alliance.