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Mr. Morden
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« on: May 26, 2013, 03:02:38 AM »

...president of the United States?
...chancellor of Germany?
...president of France?
...prime minister of the UK?
...prime minister of Canada?
...prime minister of Australia?
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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2013, 03:33:36 AM »
« Edited: May 26, 2013, 04:55:44 AM by politicus »

...president of the United States? Hillary Clinton
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel
...president of France? Francois Hollande
...prime minister of the UK? Ed Miliband
...prime minister of Canada? Stephen Harper
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott

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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2013, 04:13:23 AM »

...president of the United States? Hillary Clinton
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel
...president of France? Francois Hollande
...prime minister of the UK? Ed Miliband
...prime minister of Canada? David Cameron
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott


Huh

Other than the bolded, the others look reasonable.  Though 1) Isn't Merkel going to retire at some point?  She's really going to be chancellor for 11+ years?  2) I don't know that Abbott will last that long, given how frequent party coups have become in recent years here in Oz.  Maybe he'll get replaced by Joe Hockey or something by then.
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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2013, 05:02:05 AM »
« Edited: May 26, 2013, 05:11:45 AM by politicus »

...president of the United States? Hillary Clinton
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel
...president of France? Francois Hollande
...prime minister of the UK? Ed Miliband
...prime minister of Canada? David Cameron
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott



Huh

Other than the bolded, the others look reasonable.  Though 1) Isn't Merkel going to retire at some point?  She's really going to be chancellor for 11+ years?  2) I don't know that Abbott will last that long, given how frequent party coups have become in recent years here in Oz.  Maybe he'll get replaced by Joe Hockey or something by then.


Harper, not Cameron (doubt the Canadians would want British leftovers Wink ) I think Merkel will accept one more term.
I really, really hope somebody will oust Abbott, but since he is the current Liberal leader he is the most realistic bid.

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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2013, 05:33:50 AM »

...president of the United States? - The Democrat
...chancellor of Germany? - The Christian Democrat
...president of France? - Francois Hollande
...prime minister of the UK? - The leader of the Conservative Party
...prime minister of Canada? - Sexy Justin Trudeau
...prime minister of Australia? - Tony Abbott

...prime minister of Scotland - Nicola Sturgeon Wink
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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2013, 07:28:43 AM »

...president of the United States? - Hillary Clinton (Defeated Rand Paul by a margin of 379-159 in the electoral college and 54-45 in the popular vote)
...chancellor of Germany? - Angela Merkel (But soon to retire. Won the 2013 election easily.)
...president of France? - Francois Hollande (Narrowly defeated Nicolas Sarkozy again by a margin of 50.5-49.5)
...prime minister of the UK? - Ed Miliband (Labour won a majority of around 30 seats in 2015.)
...prime minister of Canada? - Justin Trudeau (But only in a minority government.)
...prime minister of Australia? - Joe Hockey (Coalition easily won the 2013 and 2016 elections but Abbott was ousted in early 2017. Replaced by his Treasurer Joe Hockey.)
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2013, 07:30:46 AM »

President: Republican
Chancellor: Angela Merkel
President: UMP
UK PM: Ed Miliband
Canadian PM: Stephen Harper
Aussie PM: Tony Abbott
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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2013, 07:52:03 AM »

Hillary Clinton as US president working with Ed Miliband as UK PM could be interesting, given Hillary's feelings for Ed's brother:  Wink

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/17/hillary-clinton-david-miliband-interview

Not to mention the rumor that the Clintons helped David land that charity job in New York.


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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2013, 07:53:06 AM »

President: Andrew Cuomo
Chancellor: Angela Merkel
President: UMP guy
UK PM: Ed Miliband
Canadian PM: Stephen Harper
Aussie PM: Tony Abbott
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2013, 07:55:02 AM »


...president of the United States? Clinton
...chancellor of Germany? Merkel, I guess
...president of France? Dunno. Lean Hollande
...prime minister of the UK? Milliband
...prime minister of Canada? Trudeau, maybe? *cringes*
...prime minister of Australia? Abbott I guess.
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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2013, 09:07:59 AM »

...president of the United States? Chris Christie
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel
...president of France? *pleasegodnotcopépleasepleaseplease*
...prime minister of the UK? Ed Miliband
...prime minister of Canada? Justin Trudeau
...prime minister of Australia? Some Labor guy, hoping Abbot gets ousted after one term...
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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2013, 09:09:55 AM »

...president of the United States? Whoever the Democrats choose.
...chancellor of Germany? Merkel
...president of France? Whoever the UMP choose.
...prime minister of the UK? Miliband
...prime minister of Canada? Harper
...prime minister of Australia? Abbott
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2013, 09:43:19 AM »

These are basically "what polls show now"; obviously, things will change and these will look hilarious in the actual 2017.

...president of the United States? Hillary Clinton (beats Rubio in Bill-Clintonesque landslide which doesn't translate downballot)
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel (CDU-FDP reelected 2013, 2017 hasn't happened yet)
...president of France? Nicolas Sarkozy (runoff was Sarkozy v. lePen)
...prime minister of the UK? Ed Miliband (self-explanatory)
...prime minister of Canada? Stephen Harper (barely minority government; Libs under Trudeau are OO)
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott (self-explanatory)

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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2013, 11:05:34 AM »

...president of the United States? Paul Ryan
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel
...president of France? François Hollande
...prime minister of the UK? Ed Miliband
...prime minister of Canada? Stephen Harper  ()
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott
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« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2013, 12:04:28 AM »

US: Hilary Clinton
Germany: Merkel, but she is retiring at the 2017 election later in the year
France: François Fillon, but I must say thinks are pretty unclear (Copé, Sarkozy, Hollande are possible, Le Pen if things get ugly for PS and UMP explodes since then).
UK: Ed Milibrand
Canada: Justin Trudeau, ugh
Australia: Abbott (but he might be victim of a leadership spill or just lose to Labor in 2016)
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« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2013, 06:17:24 AM »

Germany: Merkel, but she is retiring at the 2017 election later in the year

How does it work in Germany?  Is there actually precedent for a party leader who's retiring of his/her own volition to step down at the election, and not months/years beforehand, so as to give her successor a running start, a la the Blair/Brown transition in the UK?
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« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2013, 06:26:19 AM »

German chancellors (especially CDU ones) have the awful tendency to stick around forever.
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« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2013, 06:48:58 AM »

German chancellors (especially CDU ones) have the awful tendency to stick around forever.

I think Merkel is going to break Adenauers record.
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« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2013, 12:41:20 PM »
« Edited: May 27, 2013, 12:43:17 PM by Old Europe »

I think BILD reported a couple of weeks ago that Merkel plans to step down sometime around the middle of her next term. This was quickly denied by her. Afterwards, everbody was going like "oh crap, now we're stuck with her forever... thanks BILD! Tongue "
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« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2013, 12:56:07 PM »

a few longshot bets:

Hillary Clinton
Thomas de Maizière
Marine Le Pen
Ed Milliband
Stephen Harper
Julia Gillard
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« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2013, 09:02:36 PM »

...president of the United States? Chris Christie (Republican)
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel (CDU)
...president of France? Jean-Francois Cope (UMP)
...prime minister of the UK? David Cameron (Conservative)
...prime minister of Canada? Stephen Harper (Conservative)
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott (Liberal)
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« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2013, 09:18:13 PM »
« Edited: November 23, 2016, 01:39:29 PM by Victorious Deplorable »

...president of the United States? Hillary Clinton (Democrat)
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel (CDU)
...president of France? Francis Hollande (Socialist)
...prime minister of the UK? Ed Milliband (Labor)
...prime minister of Canada? Stephen Harper (Conservative)
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbot (Liberal)

2015 EDIT: Talk about having an egg on my face!
EDIT AGAIN: Oh God, now I'm wrong about Canada.
2016 EDIT: Eff it, no more predictions. Ed Milliband went down in flames, Theresa May is the second female Prime Minister, and sweet Jesus the President is talking cheeto who used to host a tacky reality show.
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« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2013, 09:45:48 PM »

...president of the United States? Chris Christie (Republican)
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel (CDU)
...president of France? Jean-Francois Cope (UMP)
...prime minister of the UK? David Cameron (Conservative)
...prime minister of Canada? Stephen Harper (Conservative)
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott (Liberal)

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« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2013, 12:27:23 AM »

...president of the United States? Hillary Clinton (Democrat)
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel (CDU)
...president of France? Francois Hollande (Socialist)
...prime minister of the UK? Ed Milliband (Labor)
...prime minister of Canada? Justin Trudeau (Liberal)
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott (Liberal)
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« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2013, 09:49:38 AM »

...president of the United States? Hillary Clinton (Democrat)
...chancellor of Germany? Angela Merkel (CDU)
...president of France? Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP)
...prime minister of the UK? David Cameron (Conservative)
...prime minister of Canada? Stephen Harper (Conservative)
...prime minister of Australia? Tony Abbott (Liberal)
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