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One thing to remember. This is not just a stunning electoral result relative to expectations. It is also a historic defeat for the two Volksparteien. At some point in the next couple days somebody should graph the combined total of the SPD and Union over the course of the Bundesrepublik. I strongly suspect that with the possible exception of 1949 this is the lowest vote total they have ever had.

by MarekNYC on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:18:09 PM EST

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exactly!

I don't know the exact numbers right now, but I think you are right. The irony is: The outcome could well be a grand coalition!

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:26:10 PM EST
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Considering that the German people is a people with a well developed Angst-syndrome it might end up to be a grand coalition, because anything else seems to be unstable, ie. ungovernable and may be angst-driven Germans reluctantly put up with a grand coalition.

How do SPD Bundestagsabgeordnete see Angela Merkel? I kind of hope she has an independent, more scientific oriented mind and does not dwell on rhetoric, but then I have no guts feeling whatsoever about her.

by mimi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:46:49 PM EST
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