WHILE support for Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott yoyos around lukewarm and voters ask: "are these our only options?", two would-be leaders wait in the wings.

Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull are the elephants in the room. And news.com.au readers want them back.

The latest Newspoll results published in today's The Australian show nothing much has changed about our feelings for Ms Gillard and Mr Abbott.

This month she's down and he's up. Last month she was up and he was down. What's new?

Mr Turnbull every day looks more like a future PM than Mr Abbott has looked during his entire three-year term as the Coalition Leader.

As for the PM herself, nothing has changed there. Even Labor voters find her unappealing so they're looking to another. Someone who's done the job before. Mr Rudd.

Mr Rudd mounted an unsuccessful challenge to oust Julia Gillard in late February, but speculation mounts that he will again call for a spill prior to the next election.

Meanwhile Mr Turnbull's outspoken criticism of Alan Jones has reignited calls for him to take over from Mr Abbott and potentially set up an explosive election battle royale with Mr Rudd.

Mr Abbott has faced a barrage of attacks from Labor and voters over his attitude towards women and his refusal to publicly rebuke Jones when he said Ms Gillard's father had "died of shame".

Instead, Mr Turnbull said of Jones: "It is difficult not to believe that he is getting a dose of his own medicine."

"Just when you thought he had already exhausted the reservoir of abuse he reserves for Julia Gillard he outdid himself, and we learned about it because of another smartphone".

Those comments immediately won favour with news.com.au readers.

Ryan wrote: "This is the message Abbott should have spoken. The sooner Turnbull replaces Abbott, the better."

Ken of Cashmere added: "Spot on Malcolm. You seem to be the only voice on your side of politics that is in touch with the people."

Loxy said: "Well said Turnbull! Why oh why can the Liberals not see that this is the man that should be leading their party?", and Kaz wrote: "Hooray for Malcolm Turnbull, the man who SHOULD be leader of the Liberal Party."

Mr Turnbull has won over voters on both sides of politics by going against party lines to support gay marriage, and a number of successful appearances on ABC's Q&A program convincing viewers he's more in touch with people than either Mr Abbott or Ms Gillard.

On the other side of politics, constant rumour and innuendo surrounds the potential return of Kevin Rudd as the Labor leader.

When he lost his February challenge 70-30, it was suggested he'd merely wanted to test the waters and proven that enough discord existed within the party to allow him to plot another, later challenge.

He has publicly denied wanting to come back again and expresses support for Ms Gillard, but that opinion may change again in the face of public disapproval for Labor.

What do you think? Would you like to see Turnbull and Rudd go head-to-head at the next election?