Lethal Rudd factor yet to play out in full

Comments on Paul Kelly “Recipe for uncertain government”, 8/09/2010, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/recipe-for-uncertain-government/story-e6frg6zo-1225915572606
It would be fair to say that the new Gillard government is likely to be much better than the government under Rudd in the past three years or so. It has to be much more disciplined than ever before. But the Greens will exercise more power and that can be detrimental to regional Australia and the whole nation as a whole.

Having said that, I think it is not right that a government that was that bad has only been punished by the people but not by the two rural independents. That is unfair to the Australian people.

Further, a consequence of the two indies decisions is that the NBN waste will continue and the total costs will possibly be much more than the $43 billion price tag that the last government put on it.

One potential instability of the new Gillard government may be the Rudd factor within the ALP, no matter how the two indies act, hope and wish.

If any of Rudd supporters decides to pull the plug, then a by-election may be on the way coming.

That may be the ultimate way to do justice to the Australian people and ironically to the indies themselves.

PS: For Rudd and supporters, the most important issue may not be whether Rudd will be an important minister or not, it may be how the Rudd era will be viewed in history. On that front, big egos may come to play. That may defy some logic but will have its own logic.