abor is now preparing its opening shot in the election campaign, intended mainly to bring back the votes it has lost to Kadima. These votes are estimated to be worth about seven Knesset seats.
(Haaretz).Labor is planning to paint Kadima, its main rival, as a "political refugee camp." Its campaign will say that Kadima has a clearly right-wing section led by Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, which will join the Likud after the elections. Therefore voting for Kadima is tantamount to voting for the Likud.
Kadima chairman Tzipi Livni will be shown as inept as a leader and stateswoman, compared to Labor leader Barak
