I would like to see more pols. Some of the few polls that come out of left field do seem strange and defy political science.

The main thing to come from this Presidential election is the removal from office of Yushchenko. I would think Yulia would have a lot of information on Yushchenko that if it comes out would be damaging in deed. I believe that the campaign will enter in the last stretch come December 21, which is the last date candidates can withdraw whilst able to reclaim their deposit.

Yatseniuk campaign as stalled mid flight. Yushchenko has potential growth but he will not get there. The one Poll that put him on 9.5% did not list Simonenko which was rather strange.

I am not sure if it is the reporting of polls that is a fault or the polls themselves, maybe both. As they say there is only one poll that counts. The election.

Yushchenko was the wrong choice to represent Ukraine. Ukraine should not put all its eggs on one basket. 5 years is too long of a time between elections. Yushchenko should have faced the people and been forced to renew his mandate back in 2007. Even Saaks went to the polls early to renew his fledgling mandate. Yushchenko knows he would have lost.

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Taras whilst there is an outside chance that Yushchenko could rebound (He would have to have a few candidates such as Yatseniuk to withdraw in his favour to remain in the race) Yushchenko will not be re-elected to a second term of office. Earlier polls on a Yushchenko Yanukovych contest made that clear.

A Tipiko versus Yanukovych poll has not been done. Again this is where a preferential voting system provides much more information as to the makeup of the electorate. It’s like a CAT scan to an x-ray. Ask those surveyed to rank each candidate in order to preference 1 to 18. I think it would be most telling and interesting under the circumstances.

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Yushchenko attacks on Lutz is a means of shifting focus in an attempt to divide and discredit Yushchenko’s opposition. Humpty Dumpty can never be put back again.

It pretty obvious that Yushchenko is out to oppose Yulia and in the process support Yanukovych.

This is a reference to the fact that Yush prevented her (unconstitutionally) from meeting governors and therefore from implementing gov policy in the regions.
Currently governors are appointed by the president in consultation with the PM. Yush ignored this and never consulted with PM’s.

Should they be elected? In Russia they WERE elected but Putin moved to a system like in Ukraine