March 28, 2008 12:00am
TREAD warily, Kevin Rudd.
While the Prime Minister and his new best buddies, the Labor premiers, are rejoicing after Wednesday's love-fest in Adelaide, Mr Rudd risks a voter backlash as he jets off on his 18-day global odyssey.
Already some of his senior colleagues are predicting the PM will find some convenient excuse to cut short his five-country tour.
We will see.
Opposition leader Brendan Nelson is right, though, to question the wisdom of spending so much time away, during the lead-up to Labor's first Budget.
This story is significant because Mr. Rudd is doing something that he has planned on helping him but is now potentially hurting him.
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