Can Abbott pull a Harper?
Julia Gillard has sunk below Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister for the first time and is now the most unpopular modern prime minister since Paul Keating at his worst.
Voter satisfaction with Ms Gillard has sunk to a record low, along with her support as Prime Minister against the Opposition Leader.
According to the latest Newspoll, conducted exclusively for The Australian, satisfaction with the Prime Minister last weekend was down two percentage points to 28 per cent, her lowest since becoming leader a year ago and a fall of 22 percentage points since she announced the carbon tax.
Dissatisfaction with Ms Gillard has leapt to a high of 62 per cent, up seven points in the past two weeks.
On the question of who would make the better prime minister, she slipped below Mr Abbott for the first time, after falling two points to 39 per cent as Mr Abbott’s support rose two points to 41 per cent.
Daniel Hannan mentioned his last election in a column about Harper’s majority.
Interesting.
Time to bring back Kevin Rudd?
That’s what the head-to-head polls say… But that might be a case of “absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
It seems that the carbon tax is the big drag.
And yet the Greens hold the balance of power. Ironic.