But a high-ranking source in the NU says that Wahid is not lost at sea and in fact has a destination clearly in sight: he is trying to unite Muslim-led parties as a counterweight to Megawati.
He is one of several parties interested in a block of shares former Rangers chairman Chris Wright agreed to free up when the club came out of administration last year.
"The decision here is not based on the conclusion that this case involves a same-sex marriage merely because one of the parties is a transsexual male, " he wrote.
The opprobrium heaped upon a mediator can be a good barometer of the pressure he is applying to one or both sides in a conflict, or of the parties' readiness to budge from long-entrenched positions.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told leaders of political parties that he is committed to finding a consensus on an anti-corruption bill.
I've known General de Chastelaine very well for many years, he is a man of total integrity who I believe all parties do have confidence in and should have confidence in.
He cites a 1998 Texas Supreme Court ruling that held a settlement is valid despite later fraud claims, as long as the parties say they are acting on their own and not relying on anything the other side said or did.
He has already drawn two parties into coalition with his own and is courting a third.
Now he is expected to create a slate of centrist candidates to take on both the traditional parties and the left.
Nader said in certain states such as North Carolina he is starting a Populist Party to take advantage of less stringent ballot qualifications for third parties.
He is the only Kenyan politician who has changed political parties each time he has been a parliamentary candidate, leading his critics to conclude that he does not believe in strong party politics.
He does not have a majority in the Senate and is therefore dependent on the support of other parties.
The results mean that if Mr. Netanyahu is successful in forming a coalition, he will be vulnerable to pressure from even the smallest parties.
As an elected public servant, he earned the respect of colleagues in both parties as a man to follow when there is a tough call to make.
"And all parties must say clearly that a murderer is not a martyr, " he said.
He is a consummate politician, and cannot have failed to notice the growing public disenchantment with the established parties.
He says the plan is not a "silver bullet" fix but is merely designed to help all parties keep afloat during the current housing cycle.
However, if he is to succeed, he will also have to take on the parliament, where a coalition of parties linked to Miss Megawati and to others with no allegiance to the new president holds just over half of the seats.
If you agree with David Frum that part of Washington's problem is that the parties behave like a Parliamentary opposition, not part of the government, he started that too.
The Local Government Minister, Carl Sargeant, has written to councils and political parties to tell them he is proposing to postpone the elections scheduled for May 2016 by a year, and seeking their views.
Someone like Hayden Philips and I think he is by common consent a very highly regarded, very distinguished public servant to conduct this debate between the political parties.
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For the anti-discrimination bill that he is promoting, Mr Lie has had to spend a year staging forums around the country, inviting all interested parties to comment and carefully recording their responses.
"Nothing would fill me with more worry than an industrial strategy in the old school, but what this does in a splendidly un-Labourite way is share out a series of good ideas which could be adopted by both parties, " he said.
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Buckle said he had shared his thoughts with the board at Plainmoor, and that both parties agreed the lack of points is a concern.
It is possible that he may make a fresh appeal to the two men to try to revive the coalition between their two parties.
But he says that a policy is not a requirement for employers who deem a political discussion disruptive and want to dismiss the vociferous parties.
Mr. Correa is more of a populist, is very critical of the Ecuadorian political system, its parties and politicians, and he supports closer relations with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
"The council is aware that conversations on these arrangements have taken place between the two parties, and that a meeting is being held this week to discuss the future, " he added.
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