News: Angie Merkel is as good as done

The obstacle is Merkel. Without her, Jamaica or a CDU-FDP-AfD would be possible. So the choice is to vote as long as there is a majority or Merkel is gone. SPD would likely lose, that is why SPD MEPs are for it. The middle party establishment aka the delegates mentioned above as well. At least 50% of them. Not because they think they could get anything through under Merkel. The other 50% fear SPD would implode if they went in a grand coalition under Merkel.

Lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende.
Rather an end with horror than a horror without end.

It's better to make a painful break thandraw out the agony.

 

Merkel has moved a center right party to center left. It's like suddenly a republican president started saying immigrants welcome, taxes up for the rich, equal rights n stuff. Those who are about to follow her in the party chair will run a race to the right to bring the party back where it belongs according to them and to fight back AfD. Think Republican establishment racing to the right to win over tea party votes. That will make CDU-AfD coalitions and with that majorities possible. Or AfD will become neglectable and CDU can do coalitions with FDP.

Jens Spahn, who is seen by many as the next conservative chancellor, is certainly clever enough to let others do the dirty job of knifing her out of office and then take the job himself. In order to that he'll have to win the rights wingers over and their motto said by Franz Josef Strauss in the 80ies: "To the right of CDU/CSU there must only be the wall" while Merkel will try to bring some party lefty through to secure her legacy.


Dobrindt (CSU), Spahn (CDU), Lindner (FDP)

 

Road to 301 estimate:
Pro groko 202, against groko 36, uncertain 362

 

it seems to me that it is a choice choice between what is good for Europe (GroKo) and what is good for German democracy (no GroKo).

— Hans Kundnani (@hanskundnani) January 19, 2018

 

Thats the card SPD leaders will play: A "nogroko" tomorrow will basically wipe the 20 highest party officials out and 28 yo sweetheart Kevin Kühnert will become their leader.




Would you rather do a self-decapitation or voluntarily go into eternal slavery?

 

Alice Weidel (AfD whip) seems kinda pleased with SPDs decision 362 for and 279 against further groko talks

 

SPD dip in polls was to be expected. Spiegel'S chief commentator Augstein said by this AfD is going to take over SPD as second biggest party. There will be coalition negotiations now coming up with a 280ish pages contract that SPD members will have a vote on. 450k members. A few more since Sunday trying to prevent this from happening

 

There was a talk show last night where AfD Gauland told SPD Stegner SPD was losing all over the place since they are as the party of the workers do not lobby anymore for their core clientele. Their biggest success of the negotiations so far is to allow 1000 refugee relatives to be brought in per month for refugees who arent actually accepted. Why would someone working at VW care about this?

The response was thats not a valid argument since it was coming from an AfD politician.

Wtf

 

Imagine democrat party members would decide if a republican president stays in office.

 

AfD even with SPD in Baden-Württemberg. Mercedes-Benz country.

 

The local AfD branch is a mess more busy with fighting each other and leaving the parliamentary groups than fighting the other parties. German voters dont like this. By my educated guess they should rather be polling around 5%

 

ARD have SPD (for overall Germany) falling to its lowest ever measured rating. To put this into perspective: In March 1933, they got 18.3%.