That makes two of us. Notwithstanding, there are worse than Merkel waiting in the wings, which is not an argument for a continued Merkel chancellery.
I’m not hopeful for Le Pen’s chances, either. And I don’t trust Fillon at all — he smells to me like Ted Cruz, a Trojan Horse.
I guess the good part about being pessimistic is you can only be pleasantly surprised.