The latest poll on who is best suited to be Prime Minister leaves Likud chairman Knesset Member Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu in first place, but puts Labor party chairman Ehud Barak a close second. The survey commissioned for Voice of Israel government radio also reveals that Barak is highly favored by Kadima voters.
Netanyahu received 32 percent support, two points more than Barak, but one-third of the respondents rejected both leaders. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received only five percent backing.
Given a choice between Kadima's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Barak and MK Netanyahu, the Likud chairman received support from 29 percent of the respondents, and the Foreign Minister and Barak each received 24 percent.