Livni and Mofaz are vying to succeed Ehud Olmert as Israel's next prime minister.
Livni's failure to assemble a ruling coalition at that time triggered last week's elections.
Livni's failure to assemble a ruling coalition for Kadima last year triggered Tuesday's elections.
Ridiculously, Livni claimed that what her own boss offered the Palestinian leader was irrelevant.
That would have been easier had Ms Livni's position inside her own party been stronger.
So it is possible that Olmert and Livni are supporting the Saudis because they are obtuse.
By that point, Ms Livni may find herself competing with other Kadima heavyweights for the leadership.
For even if Ms Livni becomes prime minister, the road to peace will not be straight.
At the news conference, Foreign Minister Livni said much of Hezbollah's weaponry comes from Syria.
Tzipi Livni, whose newly created Hatnuah Party scored seven seats, is another potential Netanyahu ally.
He wants Mr Netanyahu to swap his hardline partners for Tzipi Livni's centrist Kadima party.
For its part, the Olmert-Livni-Barak government has responded to Kosovo's declaration of independence with customary confusion.
In condemning Netanyahu, Livni and her Kadima colleagues were energetically assisted by the Israeli media.
Clinton steadfastly ignored the fact that 91 percent of Israelis think Livni's views are utter nonsense.
But Olmert - and Livni - wouldn't even consider retaking control of South Lebanon.
One of Livni's key arguments is that she will continue the peace process as prime minister.
So Livni denies the truth to advance her party's interests and condemns Likud for recognizing reality.
As for Livni, she eschewed every semblance of propriety during her stay in the US capital.
In Livni's case, her supporters are on the Left and their main spokesman is the media.
In her belief that all ends justify the means, Livni is a loyal representative of Kadima.
Here too Livni has hired vote contractors to sign up blocs of voters on her behalf.
Instead of supporting Netanyahu's efforts, Livni, Barak and Lieberman have disparaged them or ignored them.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni may not be a crook, but she is a fraud.
LIVNI'S EMBRACE of fraud is the thread that ties her political machinations to her policy maneuvers.
But Livni has embraced it - mainly in a bid to make Netanyahu look petty.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton treated Livni like the most esteemed politician in Israel.
Although Obama's advisers claimed that this is his model of leadership, it actually is Livni's model.
But it is not clear that Ms Livni would join Mr Netanyahu's government, even if invited.
ECONOMIST: The Israel-Palestine peace process: Talk of talks | The
The consultations are to take place among Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
Ms Livni says she wants a quick decision one way or the other by her prospective partners.
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