Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is locked in what is widely acknowledged to be a two-person race for the Kadima chairmanship against Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, said on Friday that the latest poll numbers indicating an advantage in favor of his rival are bound to change. "I wouldn't advise anyone to base the future on polls," Mofaz, who is holding discussions in the United States with Bush administration officials over Iran's nuclear program, said on Friday. "[The polls] are a mood, and this will change. I'm sure that I will win the primaries." Livni would lead Kadima to victory over Likud if elections were held today, according to a special poll conducted by Dialog on Thursday on behalf of Haaretz.
The results of the poll are expected to have a dramatic effect on Livni's standing inside Kadima and on her race with Mofaz for the party's leadership.