I thought only the court has the power to determine the dates not Ocampo, and if I remember right, its UK and FM who appealed some ruling and asked for the case to be delayed until the appeal has been concluded.

I think for MM it was a lost situation, had he stayed in ODM RAO would most likely not had picked him as the running mate - I think he will be looking elsewhere away from the rift and western kenya for a VP.
The only way out was to find an exit. I think he has shown maturity so far and its much credit for him to try this out on his own without joining the g7 guys.
He is still politically young and there is the next and next election still.

I think it would be premature for MM to get into an alliance with Uhuruto now. He needs to establish himself first to avoid putting himself in a similar situation as SKM back in 2007. There's also some sort of rivalry between MM and Eugene which needs to be addressed first. The elections will most probably be in March 2013 which means we have a very long way to go. What UK did on Sunday is not any different from what WR and other politicians have been doing in the last few months only that his was more organized and well funded. There will be a lot of political realignments to be done as we head towards the elections

The genius of Khalwale:
"Hon. Boni Khalwale is just smart with his usual noises. He made sure and convinced Eugene Wamalwa to decamp from FK to the little NFK, only to use him get cash from Ruto/Uhuru to fund his by elections and now the same Khalwale has left the NFK shell to Eugene with no occupants. He has now set his eyes on the Kakamega senate seat, he trapped Musalia and made sure he decamped from ODM to a leased UDF party. As we speak, Musalia is headed for political oblivion why Khalwale is busy getting cash to fund his campaigns as a senator designate. Talk of genius political brains!!