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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Kadima discussing replacing Olmert due to probe
2007-01-17
Senior Kadima officials said Tuesday evening that if the criminal investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ran into complications, the party would not wait for the probe's results and would work to replace Olmert as party chairman, Army Radio reported. State Prosecutor Eran Shendar announced earlier in the evening that the state was opening an investigation into the prime minster's alleged involvement in the Bank Leumi tender affair.
Guess that's as good a reason as any. I'd guess Kadima's still toast.
Posted by:Fred

#4  His job performance is criminal enough.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-01-17 14:19  

#3  Kadima keeps beating the odds. Every other centrist third party attempt - Rafi, DMC, Derech Shlishi, Merkaz, failed. DMC was the only one to get many seats, but they didnt get a PM, and they fell apart.

Kadima, even under Sharon, was expected to be another failure, another Rafi. After Sharons illness, it was expected to disappear. Instead it elected a PM.

So Olmert is gone. Where do Livni and the other Likud defectors go? Back to Likud, to enjoy the tender mercies of Bibi and the Likud Central Committee? To Labour? No, theyre stuck. Where does Peres go? Back to Labour? I dont think so? And where do Kadima voters go? To a Likud led by Bibi that wont negotiate even with Abbas? To a Labour that has put cabinet seats ahead of policy considerations?

Unless Labour nominates someone very good to succeed Peretz, someone who can win the centrist voters without alienating the base, I think Kadima survives. They do poorly in the next election, but they survive. And are around to come back next time.


Posted by: liberalhawk   2007-01-17 09:42  

#2  Kadima was a one man party. Olmert wasn't that man.
Posted by: Ptah   2007-01-17 08:14  

#1  Kadima was a one-term party anyway.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-01-17 06:12  

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