Dear Powdies

A long piece, but it claims that 'poor opinion polls' was a cover for the Labor caucus itself, not a few factional chiefs, deserting Mr Rudd, because he had done things like positioning our hero as the fall guy in the insulation row:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/18/3040656.htm?site=thedrum

The faction leaders took the initiative - that was all.

t