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September 11th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Kevin Rudd could be the last Labor MP left in Queensland after the next election with a new poll showing support for the Gillard Government has slumped to a record low.
KEVIN Rudd’s supporters warn Labor colleagues that voters will “wipe us off the planet” unless there is a change in leadership.
A group of backers in the ALP caucus are urging colleagues to consider a “back to the future” leadership ticket before the next election, with Defence Minister Stephen Smith also touted.
“The only way we are going to come out of this is to get Kevin back,” a Labor MP said.
Several MPs have confirmed they were sounded out by third parties over Mr Rudd and Mr Smith as leadership contenders. Others have named a Labor MP as “doing the numbers” for Mr Rudd.
But Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s supporters have scoffed at the idea, warning the deal with the independents to form a government could collapse if there was a change.
A Labor MP predicted there was only a 25 per cent chance the ALP would change leaders before the election but if it didn’t voters “will wipe us off the face of the planet”.
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“A growing number of caucus think we made a mistake,” he said.
“The public want Rudd back as PM. But the caucus won’t accept that. It’s the trauma of what they did. We’re just passengers on the Titanic as it charts a course to the iceberg.”
Another senior MP said: “If a horse can’t win after 12 months you stop backing it.”
Mr Rudd has been lying low after his heart valve was replaced on August 1.
His recuperation has allowed him to stay out of the media during another bout of leadership speculation as Ms Gillard’s popularity plunged.
Labor’s primary vote is now 27 per cent, a level that would deliver a crushing defeat.
Mr Rudd will seek his doctor’s approval tomorrow to attend talks in San Francisco with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
His wife Therese Rein has taken to Twitter to declare him on the mend. “Stronger every day,” she tweeted.
Mr Smith on Sunday backed Ms Gillard and said there was no groundswell of support for Mr Rudd within the Labor caucus.
“She has until September, October, November of 2013, when we expect the next election will be,” Mr Smith told ABC TV.
“She will be the leader at that election and she will face a contest with Tony Abbott.”
“I don’t think there is any enthusiasm on the part of the caucus or the party generally to revisit any of these issues.”
Meanwhile, Mr Rudd has made his first official public appearance since undergoing heart surgery today ahead of a likely return to the limelight next week.
The foreign minister attended a wreath-laying ceremony to comemmorate the September 11 terrorist attacks together with his French counterpart Alain Juppé at the National War Memorial in Canberra on Sunday.
But even at such a solemn event, Mr Rudd’s appearance sparked calls for his political revival.
One well-wisher in the crowd called out “Mr Rudd, we want you back” as he entered the war memorial.
Mr Rudd said the September 11 terror attacks could have happened in Sydney or Paris.
He did not answer questions about whether he wanted to return to the Labor leadership.
The foreign minister could formally resume his duties this week if given the all-clear after a meeting with his heart specialist tomorrow.
Mr Rudd is due to attend Australia-United States security talks in San Fransisco this week.
LAST
Tonight he reached one million followers on the popular social networking website.
“Just got to a million twitter (sic) followers. Thanks to all. One guy said it’s time for a new twitter pic. How about my 1977 mo photo? KRudd,” the Foreign Minister tweeted, using his KRuddMP account.
He is thought to be the first Australian politician to reach the million follower milestone.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard suffers by comparison, with just over 126,000 followers.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has almost 40,000 followers.
US President Barack Obama has nearly 10 million followers.
And while Mr Rudd, a prolific tweeter, may be ruminating about a possible pictorial 1970s throwback, rumour continues to swirl about a prime ministerial comeback.
Labor MPs have been spruiking him to colleagues, saying he is a “changed man” and ready to forgive and forget if returned as leader, according to a report today.
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