XPost: alt.politics.international, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc XPost: alt.politics.elections
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:43:10 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro" <
leroysoetoro@bho-rejected.com> wrote:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/world/europe/germany-merkel- >coalition.html
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany faced the greatest crisis of
her career on Monday after negotiations to form a new government
collapsed, shaking a country that is Europe’s political and economic
anchor.
And it MAY happen here too.
As both major US parties continue to fracture
along ideological fault-lines the possibility of
minority govt emerges. Envision four or five
small parties spanning the spectrum - yet
none can remotely claim majority status,
none remotely has the votes to bring a law
into existence on its own.
As in Germany, there would be a need for
coalitions between the small partys ... "you
vote for our stuff and we'll vote for yours"
arrangements.
Thing is, especially after new parties come
into existence, they tend to make a big effort
to NOT get along with the others, it's an
assertion that "WE are not YOU - We're
DIFFERENT" which they need to make in
order to justify their existence.
So, while parlimentary systems are more
prone to this sort of thing, WE are in no way
immune. Our govt could so completely stall
out as to become worse than useless.
As for Germany, new elections so soon after
the last are likely to yeild extremely similar
results ... no changes. If anything each of
the big players will just dig their heels in all
the more. The further-right/anti-immigrant
factions might even gain a little, catching
a scent of death coming from Merkels
waning lib-socialists.
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