Germany's election - the end of Merkelism? w/ Ines Schwerdtner and Adrian Daub

Ines Schwerdtner and Adrian Daub join PTO to talk through the
Bundestag election. We talked about the election results and the
partial revival of the SPD. We also talked about the permutations
of possible governing coalitions, and the unusual extent of the red
scare tactics deployed by the CDU and the other parties of the
right against Die Linke and the SPD. Finally, we chatted about the
legacy of Angela Merkel and why Germany's longest serving
chancellor since Helmut Kohl is so admired by liberals abroad and
whether her reputation for competence and fairness is deserved.