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...hard to see what surprises he could still have up his sleeve. The one surprise he could pull is letting Peres take over, because the polls give Peres a far stronger chance against Sharon. But backing out would not be the surprise of a fighter. Barak also has this possible meeting with Arafat on Sunday, at which they could put together some type of declaration, but even that would't amount to much...
...Barak's people say even if he won, it would be another six to eight weeks of negotiations before there was a peace deal. That means he's not going to be able to pull a peace deal out of the hat on Sunday to dramatically turn the election. A handshake with Arafat and a declaration is unlikely to win back voters who've been left unconvinced by his handling of the peace process...
...Barak isn't campaigning very energetically, what is Sharon doing...
...campaigning a fair amount, but his campaign also has the advantage of having an awful lot of volunteers - just as Barak did in the last election. People sign on for a campaign because they can smell victory. There are a lot more Sharon posters out there than Barak posters...
...what's the read on Barak's thinking from the people around...