Poll: Likud back in lead

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Survey reveals total shake-up of political map if elections were held today: Likud would win big with 32 mandates, followed by Lieberman's Israel Our Home with 10; Kadima in third place with 9 mandates. Netanyahu far ahead of rivals as ‘best suited to be prime minister’

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3358961,00.html

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"If elections were held today, the governing Kadima party would receive a mere nine mandates, according to a telephone poll carried out by the Smith Institute for Ynet.

While Kadima is collapsing in public opinion, favor is returning for the Likud party. According to the poll, Likud would triumph in hypothetical elections with a full 32 mandates.

Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu was perceived as the person best suited to serve as prime minister, earning 34 percent support and beating out his competitors by a large margin.

After Netanyahu, those surveyed favored Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Labor Knesset Member Ami Ayalon, who each earned the support of 16 percent, then Ehud Barak with 8 percent. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert trailed with only 3 percent of the vote.

The survey, which was carried out Monday evening, questioned 500 adults over the age of 18 and had a 4.5 percent error margin."

[Kagemusha]

1. It's no great honor to be tallest of a field of midgets

but such is the disrepute that Olmert has fallen into. Oh, and the Labour leader Peretz, the Defense Minister.