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...What are Barak's prospects for winning an election right...
...Well, it's not quite set in stone that an election is imminent, despite everything that's been said. If you look at what's really happened, it may be that Barak has simply bought himself more time. He could still get the national unity government for which he'd been pushing - Ariel Sharon has certainly expressed renewed interest in that idea. And instead of a parliamentary election, Barak could still take the option of resigning himself, which would mean that a new election would be held only for the post of prime minister. That would ensure that he gets...
...also possible that Barak's own party, which has been getting more and more upset with him, will deny him its nomination. Some leading figures are now leaking to the press about Barak being challenged for leadership of the Labor party, possibly by parliamentary speaker Avram Burg, who has the advantage of being known as a religious...
...certain that an election would be a Barak-Netanyahu rematch...
...That will be decided in the next month. One of the factors that may determine whether Barak is challenged for leadership is whether Bibi is going to run. Nobody wants to run against Bibi, who right now beats everyone else in the polls. Many powerful figures in the Likud detest Bibi, but they know that he's the one who can win. They see him as having left the party in a political and organizational mess, and now, just as they're bringing down Barak's government, he steps back in to claim the spoils. Many Likud members of parliament...