The Nightmare Continues

Here's a more "optimistic" view of Olmert's popularity (from the New York Jewish Week):

Olmert’s Reversal Of Fortune
Despite lengthy police questioning this week of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert into his role in a bank privatization deal, analysts have all but dismissed the probe and said Olmert’s political fortunes have never been better.

“There was a formal statement by the state attorney that if Olmert provides a reasonable explanation for his role in the privatization process, the investigation will be closed,” said Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, a political science professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. “So it does not look like there is any danger for him at the moment.”

He said, however, that a newly opened criminal investigation into Olmert’s purchase of his home in Jerusalem appears more serious. But Sulitzeanu-Kenan said there is often a “thin line between a good deal and a suspicious deal.”

Olmert’s popularity rating is still low -only about 35 percent according to a recent poll- but it is better than the single digits of just a year ago, Sulitzeanu-Kenan said.

“But apart from being so unpopular, he stands on top of a very solid coalition,” he observed. -more

So what's your assessment of Olmert's popularity and future?
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