In one way, at least, I feel sorry for progressive/soft-leftists in Australia. They have to put their faith in progressive/soft-leftist whose punditry usually turns out be nonsense. These same characters are contemptuous of a self-identified conservative journalist like Andrew Bolt but he always seems to get the last laugh. Check out these links from today: http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/media_enemies_insist_they_killed_the_reborn_abbott/
And this: http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/ipsos_poll_stunning_abbott_recovery_to_just_49_to_51_against/
