Spanish General Election 2011

[republicanism]

Maybe Zapatero tries a Schröder-like coup. Who called snap elections when the party trailed by 28:45 or so, and came damn close.
But - platitude alert! - of course Spain 2011 is different to Germany 2005.

Fingers crossed that the PP at least doesn't win an outright majority.

[republicanism]

And technically, Switzerland is another 0.25.

[republicanism]

I am rather referring to the PSOE. They may (or may not) learn not to try something as unpopular with their base again, though the price for that lesson will be spending time out of power.

I don't think Social Democracy will learn this lesson in my lifetime.

[republicanism]

Well this whole election went a bit worse than I expected. At least much of the PSOE losses was absorbed by IU and the regionalists.