Naturally she will publicly stand by him, while quietly behind the scenes...?????

Interesting times.



Apparently, though, there were other members of the ffamily who warned against voting for Rudd back in 2007.



KEVIN Rudd may have persuaded enough voters of his worth to scrape across the line on Saturday, but they will not include some of his closest relatives. Mr Rudd's uncle, Kevin de Vere, after whom the Opposition Leader was named, and his cousin, Chris, have gone public to warn against a vote for Labor.







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Former Queensland Labor treasurer Keith De Lacy says the party should dump Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as leader.



Mr Rudd was working in the Queensland Government when Keith de Lacy was treasurer.



Mr De Lacy, who is now chairman of mining company Macarthur Coal, says if Labor does not replace Mr Rudd it faces a decade out of power.



In an opinion piece for The Australian newspaper, Mr De Lacy writes the Prime Minister has become an "item of ridicule".



He says he regrets there is no alternative but to change the leader for someone who cares about Australia and the electability of the Labor Party.



Mr De Lacy says the federal Labor Caucus has little time to waste.



Some members of the Caucus have expressed concern about loss of support because of the conflict between the Government and the mining industry over Mr Rudd's proposed mining super profits tax.



But despite increased pressure from the industry and sinking support in opinion polls, Mr Rudd yesterday dismissed suggestions he was getting ready to compromise on the proposed tax.



The Westpoll published in the West Australian newspaper shows Labor's primary vote in WA has fallen to just 26 per cent compared with the Coalition's 52 per cent.



After preferences, the Coalition leads 62 per cent to Labor's 38 per cent.



The Westpoll surveyed 400 people compared with national polls which question more than 1,000 people.



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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/12/2925383.htm?section=justin

Whilst I agree with the general tenure of these Polls, I question their

reliability. The Westpoll survey of only 400 people in WA could so easily be

way off the beam. The feelings against the Government, in WA, the mining

State, have never been so high, BUT, I would wager a small bet, that come

election time, the actual vote will fall within the range of 45% to 55% after

preferences. As an example; if you were to conduct a poll of 2,000 listeners

on the Allan Jones morning programme on 2GB, I would be surprised if the

result would be better than 10% Labor to 90% Liberal. An identical poll on

2KY, the Catholic workers programme, would probably return a result of 70%

Labot to 30% Liberal. The very fact that most of these polls are by telephone,

leaves out a lot of voters with no landline who would almost entirely be Labor

supporters.

While I agree with innes on this one re the polls, I think Stephen Smith could be a future leader of the labor party.

We finally agree on something fwed. I believe that Stephen Smith is

outstanding, BUT he has 2 major impediments. He represents Perth

in WA & he is a Catholic.