IS HE EASIER TO WORK WITH OR HARDER AFTER YOU DELEGITIMIZE HIS ELECTION?:

U.S. looks past Karzai rival's decision to quit (Tom LoBianco, 11/02/09, Washington Times)

White House officials downplayed Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah's decision to pull out of this week's scheduled runoff election and said they would work with President Hamid Karzai.