Ami Ayalon has a slight edge over Barak going into the next election. That should be (and is) bad news to Netanyahu, who would much rather not be the only candidate to have been voted out of office going intot he next election. It also looks like the Labor primary is going to be decided in the first round, which means that the 20 percent of votes that are going to the bottom three Labor candidates are about to get put in play. No one is going to throw away their vote in a use it or lose it situation.
That’s about all there is to talk about this morning, since neither Kadima or Likud are about to interfere with the impending Labor bloodletting. Hot wars also tend to silence political sniping, even in Israel. But just so you won’t feel cheated, here are some Bibi videos that we know you know we know you love. Bibi’s Cavuto interview from last Monday…
… and a very, very terse explanation of the same dynamic:
We’re almost beginning to think that this Iranian nuclearization thing is something we should be worried about.
References:
* Poll: Ayalon leads Barak by slim margin in race for Labor chairmanship [Ha'aretz]
* Neil Cavuto Interviews Benjamin Netanyahu [newshoundsblog / YouTube]
* Benjamin Netanyahu on Radical Islam [TheFinalMove / YouTube]
Previously:
* Israel Politics Roundup – 2007-05-02 – Olmert Not Looking So Great
* Israeli Politics Roundup – 2007-05-07 – It’s Futile No Confidence Motion Day In the Knesset
* Israeli Politics Roundup- 2007-05-09 – Is It Elections Yet?
