Now Merkel has to go horse trading.
I know there are many on FR who hate the two party system in the US, but I'm glad about it.
Makes things more clear, yeah a US party is going to have their independent minded kooks(kucinnich, conyers(left), shays, tancredo(right), but it puts the politcal divide in a clear perspective and minor fights by individuals can be smoothed over and the party is known to the voters by the laeadership of the party.
She has the FPD to her right, and to the left is the SPD, Schroeder's party. So most likely she abandons the FPD and tries to do a deal with Schroeder?