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Every politician has ambition, otherwise he wouldn't go a long way in the career ledder.
The question is, what are people willing to do for that. So far I'm not sure who exactly has planned the leak in the case of Steinmeier.

Ypsilanti is willing to do a lot for her power. E.g. breaking a promise made during the election fight, which was very important for some of the voters. It is simply a fact, that Ypsilanti would have lost the election, when announcing before, she would be willing to work together with the left. If now there would be a new election, she would lose by far. She is clearly acting against the will of the majority of the people in the state of Hesse.

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by Martin (weiser.mensch(at)googlemail.com) on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 05:49:17 PM EST
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Other promises, like ending Koch's rule, were equally important for other voters. I am not sure it is a fact that Ypsilanti would have lost the elections with a prior announcement of the possibility of a minority government - and if yes, such a prior announcement might have been an influence on (1) the Left Party's numbers, (2) voters' belief that Ypsilanti believes in her own victory. Facts (election results & failure to get both FDP and Greens in a coalition) force changes.

I do not deny that the majority of Hessen voters, and even of her own voters, doesn't want Ypsilanti's upcoming minority government, even if I don't fault her and the broken promise alone for this. However, we have elections in four-five years so that people can decide not based on momentous whim but a government's record - and I hope Ypsilanti's eventual government would be made to feel pressed to deliver by the present polls.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Wed Sep 10th, 2008 at 05:58:18 AM EST
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