The administration seems like it's preoccupied with a lot of other issues from Iraq (to Hurricane) Katrina, the economy.

It's an Iraq-driven market, unfortunately. And the longer this lingers, the more detrimental it is to the economy and earnings.

The public is jaded. They think that on the eve of the elections (Netanyahu) is doing things just to capture headlines.

The right wing in Israel will be the clear beneficiaries of these (Palestinian) elections.

The main event is to leverage aid and to make sure the U.S. is not alone.

He has basically got to freeze the peace process to woo back alienated right-wing voters.