It's called a master stroke:

...The national government is headed, of course, by Hamid Karzai. He held on to his job after his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, said on November 1 he was dropping out of the presidential election runoff, because he expected more of the widespread cheating which took place during the first round...

That was an absolutely brilliant political move by Abdullah Abdullah. He used Karzai's fraudulent behavior to advance his cause so perfectly.

Now we are supporting an illegitimate government in what was already a tenuous and difficult situation.

in reference to: Al Jazeera English - Focus - Is Karzai losing US support? (view on Google Sidewiki)