Posted on 03/05/2005 4:27:10 AM PST by longjack
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Chancellor Candidate Poll Confirms Wulff's chances against Schröder Gerhard Schröder must come to grips with a new opponent. According to a poll, Lower Saxony's Governor Christian Wulff would have considerable chances in a head to head election for the Federal Chancellor against the incumbent.
"Spiegel-Online"....Umfrage bescheingt Wulff Chancen gegen Schröder Translated by longjack
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I find this incomprehensible.
longjack
longjack
bump for later
Last week I was hoping the the Union would unify and rally behind Merkel. Now this.
Is this a media attempt to create uncertainty in the Union Chancellor question, or is Wullf a viable candidate?
Thanks,
longjack
This guy is boring to no end. I'd rather have Merkel. An even better chancellor would be Schäuble http://www.wolfgang-schaeuble.de
With Köhler as president, Schäuble chancellor, Westerwelle foreign minister we'd be unbeatable.
That would be wishful thinking, though, he makes too much sense for Otto Normalverbraucher to handle, unfortunately
The Union has to get their act together and get solidly behind one candidate. They've got the Red-Greens on the run again and cannot afford to let them off the hook as they did a year ago.
longjack
If East and West Germany were still separate, Schröder would not have even become Chancellor. Unfortunately former Communist politicians were able to integrate into the SPD without getting any scrutiny about their backgrounds. They are the ones promoting the virulent anti-American policies in Germany.
One has to wonder, with some of the unemployment figures in the former Eastern states around 20% from what I've heard, what these guys are telling their constituents? That there was no unemployment in East Germany?
It brings to mind the theories of the Soviet Union's collapse as a tactic to disarm and infiltrate the west.
longjack
Only shortly before the election the SPD used anti-American propaganda to gain votes. Right after the election they stopped it and the relations are normal again now. Here on the board pro-Europeanism is often equated with anti-Americanism, which it isn't.
For our conservatives number 1 priority is the European integration, too. If they have to decide between Europe (=our own wellbeing) and the U.S. it'll always be Europe. That's no anti-Americanism for me.
It'll never be like in the eighties again.
Sometimes I wonder if Ronnie pulling down the wall actually opened up a flood of socialism into West Germany. While the other soviet block countries had to stand on their own two feet and rebuild their societies, the East Germans may have had it too easy. They could just lay back and be supported by the West Germans.
I was lucky enough to do some work with the West German Navy back in the 80's, and I can't believe the great people I met believe the craziness coming out of their government. Have they changed or are they just drowned out by the flood?
I´m pretty sure that we can win in NRW, so there´s noone who can stop Merkel. Wulff is indeed an option for 2010, maybe even 2014 (in case of a Merkel win 2006 she will candidate in 2010, too). He is a great guy, but it would be too late for him to candidate. But then, it´s never too late - and never say never.
Schroeder's anti-American, anti-Bush card should be coming out anytime now.
Remember, the east Germans were communists (many still are) so in that light it makes perfect sense.
bttt
No. He cannot afford to do it again, and he has more serious problems than foreign policy.
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