It's disgusting the way this article belittles the Italian Left's victory. If Mr. Berlusconi had won by the same slim margin, the Economist would surly have lauded the good judgment of the Italian people. What a rag! And it's especially popular in the U.S. What did the Economist say about Bush's 2000 election by the Supreme Court? Surly not that the people's votes must be counted, but that the Supreme Court has spared the people the suffering which would have been inflicted upon them if their majority vote in favor of Gore had been recognized, which includes Florida. The right wing is everywhere very suspicious of people feeling good and enjoying themselves. Instead they need to endlessly obsess about how the rich and the giant corporations are suffering because they increased their profits only by 25 per cent this year instead of the 50 per cent they racked up last year. The toads!