Netanyahu is losing his electoral Midas touch

If anyone can read the writing on the wall, as reflected in the opinion polls, it is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. By now, he must have internalized that his chances of winning the next election or, more importantly, best positioning himself to form and lead the next government, are rather slim. Netanyahu has long been an avid consumer of opinion polling. He was among the first Israeli politicians to employ foreign campaign consultants to help engineer electoral victories and, for many years, he did so with considerable success.