Wahlumfragen - Saarland

Institut	Quelle	Befragte	Datum		CDU	SPD	GRÜNE	FDP	Sonstige
Forsa	stern	1.001 25.08.-29.08.	03.09.2008		37 %	23 %	5 %	7 %	Die Linke 24 % Sonst. 4 %

(Grüne = Greens, Sonstige = Others [those not in the current regional parliament], Die Linke = Left Party)

2) In Bavaria, the Left Party dithers permanently on the verge of the 5% limit. Erwin Huber, the leader of the Christian Socialists (CSU), the Bavarian sister of the CDU, announced a "crusade" against the Left Party entering the Bavarian regional parliament (elections on 28 September)! He used the standard centre-right tactic I was sooo disgusted with back in the Kohl era two decades ago, equating the hard left with the far-right (the extremist parties of the Republicans, DVU and NPD). However, given the SPD's voes, in polls the CSU still looks to barely retain its absolute majority.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}