Its not easy being green or the Prime Putz

I was a little surprised to learn that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert welcomed back the disgraced former Justice Minister Haim Ramon into the government as the new Vice Premier. What possible motivate could Olmert have for doing such a thing? Ynet News provides a possible clue:

Vice Premier Haim Ramon has initiated a new, smaller-scale realignment plan that would see Israel withdrawing from 70 percent of the West Bank territory and evacuating settlements, mainly isolated ones.

Ramon told Ynet that the new plan, which was first reported on Channel 10 Monday evening, "is still in its initial stages," and that it represented his views, not those of the prime minister.

Olmert needed at least one person in the Knesset who could be counted on to aspire to being a bigger putz then him.