He's not the messiah just a very naughty boy.... but he may well pull in a lot of votes compared to the other candidates. After all Ausi is the land of the fair go and he was cut down so voters may be inclined to give him a another go, i wonder if any polling has been done.
It could be very interesting if the ALP ran a good campaign. That idiot Bitar who ran the last one (and who was part and parcel of implementing Rudds execution according to another thread ) was unsurprisingly moved on.
The campaigns of both sides will need to be good assuming Gillard is not a candidate in which case it wont make a difference for the ALP.