A contest between constructed man and unreconstructed man "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." - F Scott Fitzgerald KEVIN Rudd v Tony Abbott. Who is fit to be prime minister? We are a parliamentary system, but this is a quasi-presidential race. At first that's what Labor wanted, because Rudd was more popular. But the most striking poll dynamic in this election is the collapse in Rudd's personal ratings and the slow, steady rise in Abbott's.