German federal election (September 18, 2005)

[ThePrezMex]

Lewis, Old Europe and other Germans: why?? why is the German people about to create a mess for themselves??

I can't believe how Merkel was able to throw down the drain the advantage she had just a month ago. I do need to recognize Schroeder's impressive campaign skills, just one more time.
I do hope that the CDU/CSU/FDP are finally able to get a majority, although I find Merkel both unimpressive and uninspiring - seems like most Germans do find her that way as well.

I think that Germans are going to wake up on Sunday and realize that they cannot waste more time and not willing to create such uncertainty (which would be pretty un-German) and give the majority to someone. So, I predict a small majority for CDU/CSU/FDP.

My alternative scenario is that, everybody just trying to create a majority government, splits to CDU/CSU and SPD, just abandoning Greens, FDP and Left Party (maybe just one of them entering the Bundestag). That would be interesting.

[ThePrezMex]

I was just reading that they are looking to form the Jamaican Coalition (Black-Yellow-Green).
In that sense, the Green Party would need to recant from their initial opposition to forming a coalition with CDU/CSU

It's surprising that the SPD is getting considerably closer to the Union as the results keep coming.