good point tasboy - yep abbott the alpha male. one thing for sure, is that it is hard to please everyone in society - but to get votes, pollies have to try and pander to their constituencies.
damn lucky that adam bandt is not in the running for the top job - no alpha male in bandt.
abbott - he is the man - oh, and just in case nobody has realized, but his wife is a pretty smart cookie - and independently successful