The national election is roughly 18 months away.
Two months ago, most everyone would have said that the Chancellor 'race' was really set to two outcomes.....either the CDU candidate would win, or the Green Party candidate (Habeck).
Once that AKK (the current party chief of the CDU) said she was stepping down and would not run for Chancellor.....the race fell to two individuals (Merz and Rottgen). Neither are exactly a candidate that pro-Merkel people seem to support. Both have been critical of Merkel's policies of the past decade.
So over the past month, the Bavarian CSU Party chief and Premier President of Bavaria (the governor)....Markus Soder, has emerged as a landscape figure in national meetings and often on the front-cover of Corona updates. He has impressed a lot of people with the CDU Party.
Since the April CDU Party meeting is suspended (virus worries).....I don't see this occurring until August or September (with AKK staying on as party chief). This time period gives Soder more of a chance to dominate the news media, and show his stuff.
The odds of him rising above Merz? It might be a shocker.
Attitudes of the pro-Merkel folks against Soder? No one says much....but you have to remember....he has never gone to criticize Merkel or her strategies.
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