What's going on in Germany right now?

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Since the last close election, who do you think will win the next election?

Since the CDU/CSU is one of the few parties closest to US republican social conservatives in Europe, I hope its them.  A US Republican president with a CDU/CSU prime minister would make a great economic team.    

There is nothing remotely Republican about Germany's CDU. Even the Bavarian sister party resembles your typical  tax-and-spend Vermont socialist better than the Republicans.

The last CDU minister to head off to the US to lend moral support to Bush was the East German Angela Merkel. She was roundly criticized for it by politicians both within her party and without.

And as to social conservatism in Europe: just look at David Duke's website to get a flavor of what passes for 'conservative' across the Atlantic.

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Ouch!
My guess is that it'll get closer... the CDU-CSU still wins easily though...

I really doubt the CDU will win a single Hamburg district.

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I really doubt the CDU will win a single Hamburg district.

The CDU won the last mayoral election in Hamburg.

You fell into the trap!

Just because a locality votes for one party in a local election doesn't imply that the same locality will vote for the same party in a 'national' election.

It would be admitting that, because Rhode Island (a state very similar to Hamburg) elected a Republican governor and a non-Democrat mayor of Providence, that RI will vote -R for its two congressional districts.

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This thread deserves updating since the EU elections.

It was pleasant to see Schroeder's SPD get absolutely slaughtered in the polls (24% to 46% for the CDU). Not that the EU parliament has any authority.