If it was said in jest he should've known better, granted but...

If it was said in jest he should've known better, granted but why do you feel he's going to try to derail things it doesn't make sense, particularly in their first term, believe me NO polly wants to be in Gov for only one term.
Which is academic anyway, I think you will have to just accept that they will be in power, so let's see what sort of job they'll do before we hang them, after all many of us have had to tolerate Howard, which was far from enjoyable