[moose2004]

If Merkel won't be able to form a majority without SPD what makes anyone think Schroeder will be able to form a majority without the CDU. The Far Left party has already told Schroeder they will not form a coalition with him (SPD), and without them or CDU he is out in the cold.

[ukman]

Ah, but the SPD canform a coalition with the CDU as the JUNIOR partner. Perhaps the CDU grandees will now dump Merkel and do a deal?

[.cnI redruM]

Schroeder has an inside track here. The really, really far left is just holding out to drag the left and the far left as far towards the really, really far left as they can. GS will ultimately have decide how much of his governing philosophy he is willing to have written by an avowed communist, but he will ultimately rule again. What a shame.