It has switched leaders five times since 2004.
They cited questions about Mr. Kerry's core convictions, fears about switching leaders during a war or distaste for his perceived liberalism.
That's a tricky call, because the Lib Dems would have been attacked for switching leaders, but I'm not so sure Clegg is right.
29 November 2014 Labor beats the Coalition in the Victorian state election, after the government switched leaders part way through its first term.
Now Americans understand better that they live in perilous times, and they aren't likely to feel comfortable switching leaders this fall if the challenger seems to require a lot of on-the-job training.
But while the army will have a central role, several experts argued that General Wiranto is using a more subtle and sophisticated strategy than the army used the last time Indonesia switched leaders, in the mid-1960's.
"Saudi Arabia right now is looking a lot like the Soviet Union did at the end of its empire in terms of ageing leadership and switching leaders quickly because of sudden deaths," says Dr Theodore Karasik, Research Director at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis.
Turnbull informed Abbott of his intentions yesterday afternoon, and by 9.30PM the party room had switched leaders.
No one could fault Australia for our skills at switching leaders, we can basically do it in under a day now.
