It is looking more and more like Shimon Peres actually has a decent chance to win his first election ever in the presidential campaign this week. Whether he does or does not actually win remains to be seen, but his chances look good.

On an optimistic note, a good aspect of Shimon peres winning the presidency will be the fact that he will not be able to become Prime Minister when Kadima is forced to remove Olmert in order to avoid new elections. Peres will be stuck as President and we will not have to suffer with him as PM.