Rudd to hand over the keys to the Lodge tomorrow?

I said on June 1st that Kevin Rudd's days were numbered.

Rudd has just announced at a press conference that Julia Gillard has told him she wants his office, and, as such, Rudd will be contesting the leadership of the party tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow we will see Julia Gillard as Prime Minister of Australia.

God help us all.

UPDATE

BS of the night award goes to a non compos mentis Laurie Oakes, who just called Rudd's press conference a "brilliant performance."

UPDATE 2

Friend just emailed to say that Labor would be better off talking to Turnbull than Julia! Somehow I don't think the Labor caucus can wait for Malcolm.

UPDATE 3

Andrew Bolt makes a good point:

Global warming a year ago was seen as the policy supported by everyone of sense, and by all political parties. Since then the leaders of the both the biggest parties have lost their jobs essentially over this issue. And had Tony Abbott not won the Liberal leadership by a single vote…

UPDATE 4

Kevin Rudd has absolutely no one to blame but himself for the predicament he is now in. Over the past three years he has proved to be one of the most disappointing prime ministers Australia has ever had. I simply don't think the position suited him. He was never a leader. He thought too much, talked too much, and tried to be too many things to too many people - and failed. His disproportionate arrogance belied his human side, and his lack of economic credentials showed him up for the doctrinaire socialist he always was.

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