re: #914 jwb7605

Which one is which over there, as compared to Hillary, Barack, Fred!, McCain, and Palin? (maybe Biden, but that’s a stretch …)

Olmert is the PM by inertia, as he was kicked out as head of his party (Kadima) but his successor (Livni) couldn’t muster the votes to put a coalition together. He’s tremendously unpopular and grasping at straws. He’s about as lame a duck as you can get, although the February elections may end up being postponed.

There just aren’t apt comparisons to American politicians (that I can come up anyway). Both the political system and the political spectrum are too different.