Tony Abbott's silly game could cost the Coalition TEN days after the extraordinary changeover of prime minister, Kevin Rudd and his small group of lieutenants have emerged unscathed from the Labor Party mushroom cloud. Behind them, careers and reputations have been left shattered, not least that of Julia Gillard. In front of Rudd and his band of merry men (and women) is the almighty task of lifting Labor's fortunes at the next election. How close they can come to winning will determine whether the change to Rudd will ultimately be seen as a success. If Labor somehow finds a way to secure its own re-election, doing so would undoubtedly go down as the greatest election comeback in Australian history by either side of politics.