Rudd steals a march on.... Costello !?!?!?

I was reading the Australian article today on Rudd stealing from Howard's education agenda. It suddenly struck me that the Liberal politician who should be most worried at the moment is not Howard, but Costello. Rudd's 'Howard lite' approach would have Costello wondering who handed his playbook over to the Labor party! Rudd is definelty coming to the centre - take away I.R. and industrial policy, and you have an almost carbon copy of ideas that Costello has been trying to establish as his own agenda. Particularly in the earlier stages of the year when Costello was seen to trying to emerge from under Howard's shadow, he has shown a keen interest in fixing federalism. 'A bridge to far' could almost sum up Costello's approach to correcting the Liberal party path when he finally does take over from Howard. He will steer the ship back toward a slightly more little 'l' liberal direction, softening some of those hard right edges of the Howard years.
Costello has got to be worried - how on earth does he differentiate between himself and Rudd apart from I.R. and some other labor movement specials? Could be an interesting election sometime in 2010!!