"If Schroeder gets the boot it'll be interesting to see how the MSM will downplay his defeat."
Here's my guess on how it will go: "German Prime Minister Gerhard Schroeder has lost his bid for re-election due to the failure of his capitalist economic philosophy. While he did oppose the US on some occasions, he was not considered anti-US enough.
Germany will now be governed by the reactionary Christian Democratic Union. Some are suspicious that the CDU is merely an american lap-dog, and will make Germany's economic crisis worse with their Trickle down economic policies that provide handouts for the rich at the expense of the country.
((((progress with interviews with various Socialist "citizens" that they claim are ordinary voters)))
They'll portray the CDU as being just a step away from the NSDAP.