what you say about Turnbull is correct but you fail to...

what you say about Turnbull is correct but you fail to acknowledge Abbott himself blew most of his electoral advantage through breaking big promises in his first 3 months of office. He could have promised tough medicine before the election, still won in a canter AND had a mandate for tough reforms. But Abbott took the shortcut, which was his undoing. Turnbull may have scraped in last election but Abbott would have led them to a crushing defeat, perhaps even as big as the one we will see this time. Abbott and Turnbull have both been toxic for the party, a bit like Howard/Peacock in the 1980s.