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...Krauthammer's reason for the demise of such movements is false and frightening. He suggests that it is the result of bombs and missiles, military expertise and power. No! Ideas will always overpower military might if the ideas are right. False theology will bring its own downfall. JOHN VAN DER GRAAF St. Louis...
That view changed dramatically last week when Edmund Stoiber, the premier of Bavaria and the CSU's chairman, announced he was a candidate to oppose Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in national elections this September. Within five days, Stoiber's main opponent for the job, CDU chairwoman Angela Merkel, announced she was dropping out of the race, leaving it to Stoiber to carry the conservative banner...
...will be an interesting election. Only a year ago, Schröder looked unbeatable. His government had cut taxes without chopping social programs, proposed reforms for state pensions and come up with a plan to balance the budget. Still, the global economic slump hit Germany, with unemployment inching up to the important benchmark of 4 million. Schroder made an election pledge four years ago to get jobless numbers down to 3.5 million by the time of the election on Sept. 22. "The economy is the big issue," says Peter Lösche, a professor of political science at the University...
Perhaps more importantly for Stoiber, 60, poll results have consistently shown him leading Merkel as the favored candidate to oppose Schröder. With support ebbing away, Merkel said she met with Stoiber Friday morning and agreed to back him for the joint nomination, ending the bickering between the two parties. Later in the day she met with the CDU board, and it unanimously backed Stoiber to lead the election campaign...
Stoiber, who has ruled Bavaria since 1993, has some powerful credentials to use against Schröder, particularly on the economy. Unemployment in Bavaria, at 5.8%, is the lowest in Germany, and Stoiber has implemented a decidedly unconservative industrial policy that has lured many high-tech start-ups with promises of government subsidies. As a demonstration of how vulnerable the Social Democrats are on the economic front, last week Schröder said he planned to introduce short-term measures like subsidies designed to create low-paying jobs in a hurry...