2. she did this even though the now former minister Simon Crean called for a leadership ballot;

3. Kevin Rudd did not run which means caucus did not actually vote on the leadership because there were no challengers to Ms Gillard as leader and Wayne Swan as deputy;

4. key Rudd supporters have either resigned or are considering their positions;

5. Mr Crean struggled to explain why he did what he did and then called for unity;

6. the media reform laws were dumped;

7. a very moving ceremony to offer an apology to victims of forced adoptions was made and both Ms Gillard and Mr Abbott gave powerful speeches.

In my mind the apology showed the best of politics. I'll leave it up to you to pass judgment on the rest of it.

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