"The only people left defending him are staunch green/left supporters who are salivating at the defeat to come or those Turnbull fanboys who have staked entirely too much of their personal reputations on backing him no matter what."
You're wrong about that - I'll vote Labor at the next election, but based on the available polling evidence and recent history I genuinely believe Turnbull is the LNP's best chance of winning the next election.
Not because he's doing particularly well, but because all the alternative options will lose them even more votes. There is no Rudd mk II for them - Turnbull is it.
