Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff
i don't fully understand this

this is all from exit polls?
when is the official verdict?
are exit polls what they call official in germany?

what am i missing?
It´s based on the on-going counting. There will be an official result tomorrow morning. But the final official result will only come in two weeks because a part of Dresden didn´t vote yet.

My bet is on a grand coalition. Merkel may not like it but I don´t think Westerwelle will accept to make a coalition with green in any case. Merkel may want to be Chancellor but the Chancellor is elected by the Bundestag and she doesn´t have enough members. Schröder´s faction has even less, but it is possible that members of the ultra-left will vote for him to prevent Merkel, so he has the better claim. Merkel will probably accept to be VC and some job as super-minister.