I've been seeing more and more articles discussing Hugo's fading popularity and that the elections may not go well for him.

If indeed many of the opposition party(ies) do get elected, thus weakening Chavez's position, how does that help us????

It seems as if the decision to grant the permit rests ultimately with him. If he's too busy playing petty politically games (a la Bill Clinton in 1994 after the overwhelming election of a Republican Congress), how do we get ours???