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Dethroning a King will not a messiah make  March 1, 2004
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Email to a friend  Malcolm Turnbull is no sure thing as leader
for a simple reason: the Libs have better options, writes Greg
Barns.  Malcolm Turnbull's victory in the Wentworth preselection
has the sent the hares running. There's speculation that
Turnbull will elbow long-serving leadership aspirants out of the
way to quickly gain the reins of the Liberal Party. It is also
said that the supposedly unorthodox tactics Turnbull used
against the hapless incumbent, Peter King, will be used to
ensure that the former Australian Republican Movement chairman
achieves that aim.  Such theorising fails to take account of the
federal Liberals' history and culture and misjudges Turnbull's
temperament. There's little doubt that if Turnbull had put his
hand up for Wentworth a decade or more ago, the party grandees
would have acclaimed him a new