The thing is, we know who is going to win in Bavaria, the only question is by how much. Austria - I don't get the SPO these days. But I was mostly remarking on how obsessed Europeans have become with the US elections, and it's not like it just began when the general campaign moved into full swing, the papers have been full of front page stories for almost a year now. They're responding to the interest of their audience. The ET, with its Europeans anglophone and especially interested in international affairs, plus its American minority, and its origins in American political blogs - how could it not be obsessed. But yeah, we should be doing more on this stuff. There have been a few diaries recently - DoDo, nanne, and a couple others. But between the American election and the financial disaster porn everything else is getting squeezed out. Hopefully by the end of November the election at least will stop generating interest, and we can get back to our proper main focus.