I am not convinced by Abbott's abilities either. I will eat my hat if he is worse then who we currently have running this country.
He might be the best out of a bad bunch at this point in time.
Tony Abbott gives a rather accurate summary of Labor's failed challenges recently
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/yoursay/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/labor_goes_from_bad_to_worse/P20/