One of the lessons learned from recent campaigns is that the candidate who makes smart use of the Internet in 2008 will have a decided edge.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is staking his political future and the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process on his announced plan to call early elections. The decision is aimed at ending a nearly year-long stalemate over who governs the Palestinians, Mr. Abbas' Fatah movement, or the Islamic-militant group Hamas. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from our Jerusalem bureau.