Abbott had a year+ to go and was in a similar position to that...

Abbott had a year+ to go and was in a similar position to that which Howard recovered to win from, hence my lack of immediate concern at the time.

If Abbott had been in a similar poll position two months away from a likely DD entirely of his own making, a rift between himself and his Treasurer, an invigorated Shorten, off the back of a disastrous tax though-bubble, with his own MPs calling the govt 'wishy-washy' then, yes, it would have concerned me.
Turnbull's inaction and incompetence concern me at the moment rather than the previous guy.