Reminds me of Mr Cellophane from "Chicago" the musical.

This remark about ministers without portfolios is designed to hopefully get him bait of support but its main purpose is to send a coded message to Bibi I want a proper ministry because unless he is heading a ministry his politics career ends with this election. Next time round he won't be a famous tv presenter which was so crucial in getting him where he is and he can't go into his second election boasting he was a minister without portfolio. He needs accomplishments. Bibi will give him a ministry to head but not one of the top ones as he is going to try demand. He also needs to be in this government to survive because again next time no fame factor and everybody will forget about him, another here today gone tomorrow. He needs to join so he wants a ministry and he wants Livni to join him to both increase the secular voice and allow him to say he wouldn't have joined alone because he is mr morality. If Livni's ego gets the better of her and she decides to be like Shelly and refuse to join then he has a problem, flip flop join have a chance at keeping his political career alive or killing his career by remaining in opposition and being forgotten.