Dr M going for broke to crush Abdullah

Malaysianinsider - (...) Dr Mahathir’s fight to remove Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and preserve whatever remains of his legacy is nearing the end. He has been bruised and battered in the spat, with many Malaysians believing that while he can rightly claim to be the leader who put Malaysia on the fast track to development, he also destroyed some of its institutions and laid the seed of excesses and arrogance now overflowing in Umno.

His calls for Abdullah to step down and his re-emergence in the political sphere has also meant that his legacy of 22 years in power is being re-examined in less favourable light than it was in October 2003 when he handed over power to Abdullah.
Still, for the former PM it would be a price worth paying. Because he would have attained his primary goal of bringing down the man he despises and the secondary goal of becoming a voice of influence once again in Umno and Malaysia.

Without a doubt, he carries some weight among Umno members. That is why party veterans Datuk Zainuddin Mydin and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin noted that his view on the party leadership was also a factor in how Umno members voted in the polls. more...