I agree with all of the above, except that the state radio, and especially the state tv are a bit left of center. They are probably doing their best to be objective, but since more than 70 % of Swedish journalists are leftists (and likely even more in the state media) they don't always succeed.

Also I believe choosing Sahlin as new party chairman for the socialists will be a disaster and mean the center right will win on walk over in 2010, due to Sahlins complete sloppiness, incompetence and fascination for the kind of issues (Sweden has no culture and all Swedes are inherently racist, there are no more important issues than gay and transsexual rights etc) which will send the socialist core voters (socially conservative industrial workers) into the arms of the center right and especially our own populist Le Pen light, Sverigedemokraterna.

It's unlikely we'll end up in a situation where they are the biggest workers party though, like in France...

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