There a quite a few respectable Social Dems, I figured out since we´re in one government. Finance Minister Steinbrück revealed he´d never thought of Christian Democrats singing "for he´s a jolly good fellow" on his birthday - but it happened. Or Minister Müntefering - I had the lowest opinion of him before the election, but afterwards he turned out to deal pretty good with reality. Also Foreign Minister Steinmeier is a respectable person... at least for now. I think he still has some "corpses in the basement" from his days in the Chancellery, though.
make an "are" out of "a", lol
Yeah, I've noticed that the red socialists and the Jesus socialists seem to get along just fine. Makes me doubly glad that I didn't vote for either of them ;-\
I reckon there are social democrats that can forget their agenda and work constructively on projects under the leadership of Angela Merkel - I don't think we have to bad leadership and government in the moment.
Platzek was one of those who could fit in under a CDU reigned Government - he was no Claudia Roth.
I regret he's gone although he was an opponent.