a) she would be as popular with Labor as Eddie Obeid and Sir John Kerr combined, and
b) I don't think that she could legally do it (it's been years since I even glanced at that part of the constitution).
Kevin Rudd, a slippery Bill Clinton-like character, has just turned down the chance to challenge the Marxist Gillard. We Americans that treasure Australia as a potential ‘get out of jail free card’ could shift a bit more right in the next PM election. The ‘states’ of Australia have been moving more conservative since the left took the national reigns of power.
So what happened?