Politics

 I watched public TV news last night, and a curious poll came up....if there was an election right now....how Germans would vote.

Well....the CDU is still in a safe place with roughly 33-percent of the public.  

Sitting in second place?  The Greens, with 20-percent.

The third place?  The SPD with 16-percent.

The FDP?  7-percent.  The Linke Party with 7-percent. And the AfD Party with 11-percent.  

What this really means?  Not a lot because the CDU hasn't established it's pick for the Chancellor candidate.  If they pick a 'loser'....their numbers will retreat (wouldn't shock me if they went down five to six points).  If they picked a 'winner', it might go up a couple of points.

The key issue is revolving around the coalition idea, and if the CDU has to partner with the Greens....what massive changes might be written into the agreement (example: the 16 states might each have control over their autobahn speed, and you see five states shift to 130 kph as max speed).