His prediction that PN will win half the state seats in Penang and is confident of garnering 80 percent of the Malay vote in the rest of the states that will go to the polls soon is mere propaganda, or his crystal ball is extraordinarily clairvoyant.
Either way, plenty about the shape of future configurations in Malaysian politics will hinge on the response Khairy Jamaluddin gives to Muhyiddin today on the offer the latter made him some weeks back.
Khairy was offered a place in Bersatu’s supreme council and the chance to contest a seat in Negeri Sembilan, a proffer that comes with the possibility he would be menteri besar should PN wrest the state from Pakatan Harapan in the coming polls.
Khairy has been tantalising both sides of the political divide - the unity government on one side and PN on the other - with his availability...