It could have been worse in Pakistan?

In the blowout of the Pakistani elections, Musharraf's party was cheating?

"There was not a level playing field. It was a field that benefited the ruling party," the EU said in its initial report on Monday's elections, which were won by opponents of President Pervez Musharraf.

And, (NYTimes) "The Bush administration was scrambling Tuesday to pick up the pieces of its shattered Pakistan policy.... Nor have administration officials given up hope that there would be some way to construct a coalition that will keep Mr. Musharraf in power as president."