December 19, 2021

[brucejoel99]

Also the date is the day before the expiry of the current US Presidential term.

No, the current U.S. presidential term ends at noon on January 20, 2021 (i.e. only 1 day short of 11 months prior to the given date at hand).

[brucejoel99]

Given the state of the CDU and how the SPD isn't winning an election any time soon, let's hope she gets another 15 years in office; she is the lesser evil at this point

She announced two years ago that she would not seek reelection again, neither as chancellor nor as member of parliament. Her successor is likely to be either Bavarian Minister President Markus Söder or the incarnate Montgomery Burns.

What happened to Laschet, Merz, & Röttgen?

[brucejoel99]

What happened to Laschet, Merz, & Röttgen?

Friedrich Merz is the incarnation of Montgomery Burns. It has become a running gag / meme on social media and on satire shows to compare them to each other.
Not only do they look like doppelgangers, they are both extremely wealthy, and they also share the same political beliefs and their evil, malicious and devilish character. 👿

https://twitter.com/rudegmxde1/status/1324208006150709249
As to Laschet and Röttgen: They don't stand any chance of winning. 🙅🏼‍♂️

Wasn't the Laschet/Spahn ticket described at the beginning as the favorite to win, though? What happened?

[brucejoel99]

If today's chancellor candidate news ultimately results in a tumultuous campaign & super-close result a-la 2005 (& then perhaps a long-ass government formation process a-la 2017/18), then Merkel might just end up making it after all.