tony abbott is sensational tonight.next pm wow, page-22

A very Prime Ministerial performance by the PM-in-Waiting. The contrast with Gillard when we see her in QT every day being shrill, aggressive, patronising - even contemptuous, was startling.

I expect not only the 2PP margin will widen next week in Newspoll but also his lead as preferred PM.

Abbott knocked off the last PM in about 7 months; this one is made of sterner stuff than Rudd but in a 1-on-1 she loses ground in every engagement. He has her measure, and then some.