Election Aftermath: SPD About to Implode? | 15 comments (15 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Given Müntefering's "Locust" fame I would have expected him to be to the left of Schröder. I'm a little surprised.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Oct 31st, 2005 at 06:03:55 PM EST

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He is. Schröder, the chancellor, making "Realpolitik" and Müntefering, as party chairman, caring for the social soul of the party. But without Schröder, Müntefering has to stretch out to the right in order to negotiate successfully with Merkel. And if you stretch something out too far, it has the tendency to get thin. That is what happened to Müntefering now.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Tue Nov 1st, 2005 at 03:51:49 AM EST
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I suppose if the SPD had had a chancellor-in-waiting other than Muentefuring they could have let him/her lead the negotiations. As it turned out, it seems that Muentefuring got forced into a role he didn't want.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 1st, 2005 at 05:46:11 AM EST
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Election Aftermath: SPD About to Implode? | 15 comments (15 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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