re: #320 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That is because the Socialists do not want to form another grand coalition with her, as that would make the right-wing AfD the major opposition party. The SPD would rather be the major opposition party than a minor coalition partner.

But the AfD is already falling apart under the weight of its success…

You might think the SPD would have learned from history, as it was their refusal to work with the KPD (Communist Party of Germany) to create a coalition gov’t that allowed the Nazis to get a major foothold in the Reichstag.