Long and winding road?

So, Joe Hockey has apologized for the harm some of his recent public utterances and antics may have caused to his own standing and the fortunes of his party in government.

Sorry mate. That wont go far towards diminishing the wide-spread public perception of you as a demonstrable non-achiever and general buffoon, who perhaps should never have been elevated into the high office you now occupy. Question is... is that view shared by many of your party colleagues who were visibly reluctant to lend support during your recent self-generated tribulations?