Family ties.

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Kneasy:

I read the possession at the Ministry as a ploy, a last gasp effort 
that
would persuade DD to zap Harry in the hopes of nailing Voldy or 
forcing
him out of Harry.

Snow:

Exactly! 
Voldemort does not recognize the entire connection between himself 
and Harry. Voldy does not attempt to reconnect to what he does not 
know lies inside of Harry. Voldy does not know that a bit of himself 
was left inside Harry that night all he knows is that Harry can see 
inside of him. Realizing that Harry has the ability to see into 
Voldy, Voldy then says to himself, I will visualize what I want Harry 
to see if the little so-and-so can see or feel what I am feeling. 
Voldy doesn't realize the whole connection only that there is a 
connection and uses it to its seemingly worth. 

When Voldy showed himself at the Ministry, the last thing he wanted 
to do was to attempt to possess Harry. This was not a plan to invade 
the boy in an attempt to reconnect
as if he knew that part of himself 
was in Harry. As you put it, it was a last gasp effort, which I agree 
it was. 
Voldy is totally unaware that any part of him is locked up inside of 
Harry. Voldy does however know that Harry does have access to his 
feelings and thoughts and therefore if Voldy dwells on certain 
thoughts he realizes that Harry does too. When Dumbledore cornered 
Voldy all Voldy could do was retaliate. I don't see this as a 
premeditated plan on Voldy's behalf. Voldy used the resources at 
hand, to get a rise out of Dumbledore, and it did
the question is
did 
Voldy notice `that the boy meant more to him than just headmaster and 
pupil'?  Dumbledore refrained from reaction because he knew that the 
boy (Harry) would most likely persevere. Voldy is left with doubts as 
to how meaningful the boy is to Dumbledore given the noncompliance to 
the request. If Dumbledore didn't attempt to save Harry then he must 
be discountable.  

Kneasy:

What if - when he withdrew the fragment of himself inside Harry was
re-united with the rest of the Voldy mind. No evidence either way yet,
and the first hint in the next book would be if Harry's scar starts 
playing
up again. If it does then Voldy's still in there. But if it doesn't 
then he
isn't. 

Snow:

A smidge of a hint
Harry can speak and look at Dumbledore without the 
resurfacing anger that he had been prone to since summer. 
The Reconnection Factor. 
Voldy is whole again but in what sence? No immortality, his spine is 
made of muggle, his guts of a betrayer (for what side is still, imo, 
undetermined) and his blood is sacrificial. Voldy is fighting a 
losing battle because he doesn't know who he's fighting
maybe himself?

Snow