Abbott to lead Liberals to a landslide defeat?

I spent the whole day at work laughing with glee at the prospect of further in-fighting within the Liberals due to Tony Abbott's win in the partyroom today. I'd imagine that ALP MPs must also be trying hard not to beam brightly in parliament considering that they have effectively just won a second term in Government.

Abbott is a religious zealot, a climate-change skeptic, and a conservative anachronism left over from the Howard era. His Catholicism is so intense he finds it hard to treat his own female colleagues with decency as befit another human being. I wonder what crossed the mind of the Deputy Leader of the Opposition when she was called a "loyal girl". Yes indeed.

Some of the new Liberal policies are denying the existence of climate change and bringing back WorkChoices under a different name. Yes, because the Australian public really won't recognise the laws if you sugar-coat it enough. /sarcasm

The outcome of the vote is also brilliant. 42-41, (almost) neatly split down the middle. The sign of a bitterly divided, fractious caucus. It certainly would make for good entertainment next year when the elections roll around.