He’s almost as persistent as his nemesis, John Howard…
PETER COSTELLO will be forced to declare his political intentions by early April, ending months of speculation about the former federal treasurer’s future.
Supporters of Mr Costello are urging him to fight for his seat at the next federal election, saying the Liberal Party needs him more than ever as Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull fails to make headway in the opinion polls.
via Costello tipped to run for seat again – National – smh.com.au.
Is it really possible that he would wait for Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership to crash? There is actually no firm evidence that Turnbull’s leadership is in real trouble but surely Costello is not seriously thinking that he’ll hang around just in case. And surely the Liberal Party isn’t seriously considering Costello as a leader of the future?
Well, according to this article perhaps he is and they are.
It seems Costello doesn’t get it. He had his moment and he missed it. He trots out this line about not wanting to damage the party – well, that’s already happened. Howard damaged it (and Costello let him) and now the leadership speculation of the last 12 months is damaging the party too.
He doesn’t seem to understand that his time has come and gone. And the only real explanation for his behaviour must surely be payback. He’s enjoying his role as a thorn in the side of the parliamentary party and he’s enjoying making some of the Howardites of the party sweat. Well that’s all well and good, but the time for action was about 18 months ago and he didn’t have the guts then.
So he appears to be back to the old modus operandi of wait and wait and wait. The only problem with this is, like the last time, the time will never come.
