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Election Aftermath: SPD About to Implode? | 15 comments (15 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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He is. Schröder, the chancellor, making "Realpolitik" and Müntefering, as party chairman, caring for the social soul of the party. But without Schröder, Müntefering has to stretch out to the right in order to negotiate successfully with Merkel. And if you stretch something out too far, it has the tendency to get thin. That is what happened to Müntefering now.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Tue Nov 1st, 2005 at 03:51:49 AM EST
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Re: Election Aftermath: SPD About to Implode? (none / 0)

I suppose if the SPD had had a chancellor-in-waiting other than Muentefuring they could have let him/her lead the negotiations. As it turned out, it seems that Muentefuring got forced into a role he didn't want.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 1st, 2005 at 05:46:11 AM EST
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