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Methinks it's going to be a long night. At this very moment, red-green is at 42.3% and black-yellow at 45.4%. The SPD has been steadily gaining on the CDU. A 1.55% shift between the camps would put red-green over the top. That's still within the realm of possibility tonight. And until we know that it's not going to happen, all speculation about other coalitions is moot.

If you can't convince them, confuse them. (Harry S. Truman)

by brainwave on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:23:18 PM EST

Oh wait (none / 0)

Scratch that - even if red-green were to overtake black-yellow, that of course wouldn't ensure them a majority...

If you can't convince them, confuse them. (Harry S. Truman)

by brainwave on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:25:18 PM EST
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Re: Oh wait (none / 0)

yep. It's not gonna be a long night. You can also go to bed now. But it's gonna be some long weeks now!

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:28:10 PM EST
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err... (none / 0)

Uhm, going to bed sounds a bit whacky - it's early afternoon over here :-) Also, I'm really not so sure the rest of the night over on your side of the pond will be boring.

If you can't convince them, confuse them. (Harry S. Truman)

by brainwave on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:36:20 PM EST
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Re: err... (none / 0)

yes, I admit: I will have the TV turned on quite some time tonight.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 02:43:33 PM EST
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