A downpour of votes has turned over the reigns of power in Spain to the Center-Right Partido Popular. After more than 7 years of Obama-like progressive programs the leftist Socialist Workers Party has been given the boot! Mariano Rajoy, on his third try obtained the absolute majority with 186 seats in the parliament to go with an ample majority on the senate.The socialists dropped to 110 seats, but all was not good news. The radical communist party(IU) went from 2 to 11 seats which is a new high for them.With 20.5% unemployment up from 8% in 2007 and the debt almost tripled in 4 years, Señor Rajoy has his work cut out for him.One thing for sure,for the United States it will be a pleasure to have the pro-US Rajoy replace the anti-american José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Let us all wish the good Dr. Rajoy Godspeed in his endeavor to save Spain from the socialist thrombosis his country suffers from.
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Repair_Man_Jack (Diary) Monday, November 21st at 4:12PM EST (link)What can we learn from Rajoy? Did he do something that could work on Obama or a bunch of Dem Senators?
Mr. Obama is pretending that an economic “recovery” is underway when he knows damn well that the banking system is just blowing smoke up the shredded *** of what’s left of that economy – James Howard Kunstler
Good point...
nathanalbright (Diary) Tuesday, November 22nd at 6:54AM EST (link)…I’d be inclined to wonder what pointers there were, or it was just a frustration at the incumbants in a time of rising austerity measures among that nation and numerous others at the southern periphery of the Eurozone.
Frustration with a capital "F"
Castor (Diary) Tuesday, November 22nd at 8:52AM EST (link)The socialist measures taken by the government of Rodriguez Zapatero and his henchman, Pérez Rubalcaba destroyed Spain´s economy. Rajoy, who is not a charasmatic politician simply played to the voter´s disgust with the disaster perpetrated by the socialist worker´s party. The frustrated voters had nowhere else to go, This could be what Obama will face if the unemployment tops 10% by next October.