Greece 2012

[RodPresident]

Probably Papademos remains as PM, unless PASOK wants to show that is left and accept a nationalist left-wing pro-default coalition.

[RodPresident]

Draft Arianna Huffington to run to be Greek PM...

[RodPresident]

LAOS made the dumbest thing to a anti-establishment party, join government and worse than join government is to join a puppet austherity government. They're cleggized.

[RodPresident]

Another posibility to Troika's gang victory maybe Dora Bakoyannis' fan club running under PASOK umbrella. Although that would cause problems with Samaras.

[RodPresident]

My hope is that DISY fails to enter parliament and Axis of Evil fails to get majority.

[RodPresident]

I think that we can have interesting implications in next elections. Bakoyannis can try to create a coalition with other minor pro-European liberal parties in order to become viable, although I think that she would veto Samaras as PM. Social Agreement can join SYRIZA, DIMAR or even Greens to enter parliament. LAOS will collapse and its remains will go to ANEL. Tsipras will be under hard vetting until June.

[RodPresident]

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_09/05/2012_441398
Looks that Samaras is hated even by right-wingers. A Manos-Bakoyannis alliance can generate even more collapse in ND voting, even helping pro-austherity prospects.

[RodPresident]

Bakoyannis accepted Samaras' offer and she'll support him.
 

Merkel fanboys

LOL masochists LOL

Not necessarily masochists. There are plenty of enthusiasts for swingeing austerity who believe that swingeing austerity will principally affect others and not themselves.

Upper income ultra-populist class warriors.

DX refused to accept Liberal Alliance in a pro-European coalition with Drasi. Manos is very surprised, but Tzimeros don't want to lose conservative voters because Valianatos is a gay rights activist.

[RodPresident]

In my opinion there are some undecideds on right too between ND and DX-Drasi coalition. Many of them see Samaras as too vacilating.

[RodPresident]

Ok has something new changed with the whole PASOK situation? Last I heard they were totally unwilling to enter a coalition without SYRIZA, but all the news channels and the financial markets act like its a done deal.

Venizelos and Samaras need to keep drama going to get better conditions from Troika and to show that Syriza is unwilling to join government.

[RodPresident]

I don't understand DIMAR too, they're giving legitimacy to this government. I believe now that Kouvelis is most hated politician in Greece. Maybe Samaras was fearing that government can suffer more dissidences.