In a country in which there are no elections, I think it would be good that there are rumors running rampant about the importance of some election in some distant land.
But these rumors are probably mostly invented fiction by overly self centered Lefties. [From your link]: "authored the recent Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror and who says he has not heard that the current pressures on Pakistan are geared to the election. "We may be at the point where [Musharraf] has done almost as much as he can."

Btw, I'm in mystery as to what you consider "discussion of content" in regards to this article.