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Well, everyone is waiting for the announcement about PM Sharon's condition. Considering his weight and habits, he has survived lots longer than statistics would predict. And considering how much damage he has done to the State of Israel, he has lasted longer than he should have.

I'm sure that Olmert, the acting Prime Minister is happy that he has lasted this long. On his own, Olmert would never have made it so big so fast. His grass-root support in the Likud wasn't strong after a couple of terms as Jerusalem Mayor. That is especially after a statement of his was used to support Ehud Barak in his PM campaign against Bibi.

Now we have Olmert, since there's no way that anyone, young or old can function after the massive brain damage Ariel Sharon suffered last night.

Olmert stated that Israel needed Disengagement, because it was "too tired to fight!" Those aren't the words of a leader. Let him retire and leave politics, but instead we're now stuck with Olmert, whom I believe has been the power/brains behind all of what Sharon has been doing these past couple of years.

Now the question is whether all of those who have been telling the pollsters that they'll vote for Sharon will be willing to vote for Olmert and the pathetic crew of opportunists who have been fleeing their previous political parties to join Kadima.

Simply put, my read on the subject is that most Israeli voters are confused and will decide at the very last minute. That means that there's very little accurasy to the polls.

Of course, we have no way of knowing what other "bombshells" will explode on the political scene, and that includes the bombs that have been falling on the north
and south of Israel since Disengagement.