the two hardee's worked extremely well -- the two parties worked gather extremely well. the feeling is the best option facing the country would be a grand alliance between the two. angela merkel has most of the cards. she has an incredible victory she will want to go for more of the same. they will try to convince her that should be changes at least on the margin. they will be asking for a minimum wage throughout germany. they may make concessions on that. they will be asking for tax increases on the richest part of society to fund social spending. it will be difficult for them to persuade angela merkel to budge from her current position. >> the fdp is facing a dilemma with what to do. >> i think it's is fair to say the party is split some are saying we need to do some soul- searching because the results yesterday were not good for germany's second-largest party. we need to be in the opposition to reinvent ourselves and find new blood. then again, this is germany. there is another opinion in the party which is as the second- largest party in germany it has sort of a patr

what we did for a few years and we don't anymore, we used to have debate hardee's all over the united states sponsored by the commission. people would gather in libraries and there'd be a moderator that they would choose. the minute the debate was over, they would turn off the sound so you would not hear if it was sam donaldson in the old days or chris matthews or whoever it might be. there was a discussion about what they heard. we found it to be fascinating and very different from people who then hang on. the people who say they are experts every night i turn television on and they say here is a republican expert. i have never seen that person before and i have been around. he is usually 15 years old. it is amazing. >> let me tell you a great story about the spin afterwards. in 1988, my assignment in the general election was to be the press secretary. if you remember the debate, it produced one of the most famous moments. but it was very interesting because those who were seated in the audience, including the senator's wife, came out of it saying, oh my gosh, we lost the debate beca

what we did for a few years and we don't anymore, we used to have debate hardee's all over the united states sponsored by the commission. people would gather in libraries and there'd be a moderator that they would choose. the minute the debate was over, soy would turn off the sound you would not hear if it was sam donaldson in the old days or chris matthews or whoever it might be. there was a discussion about what they heard. we found it to be fascinating and very different from people .ho then hang on the people who say they are turnts every night i television on and they say here is a republican expert. i have never seen that person before and i have been around. he is usually 15 years old. it is amazing. >> let me tell you a great story about the spin afterwards. in 1988, my assignment in the general election was to be the press secretary. if you remember the debate, it produced one of the most famous moments. but it was very interesting because those who were seated in the audience, including the senator's wife, came out of it saying, oh my gosh, we lost the debate because he was

what we did for a few years and we don't anymore, we used to have debate hardee's all over the unitedstates sponsored by the commission. people would gather in libraries and there'd be a moderator that they would choose. the minute the debate was over, they would turn off the sound so you would not hear if it was sam donaldson in the old days or chris matthews or whoever it might be. there was a discussion about what they heard. we found it to be fascinating and very different from people who then hang on. the people who say they are experts every night i turn television on and they say here is a republican expert. i have never seen that person before and i have been around. he is usually 15 years old. it is amazing. >> let me tell you a great story about the spin afterwards. in 1988, my assignment in the general election was to be the press secretary. if you remember the debate, it produced one of the most famous moments. but it was very interesting because those who were seated in the audience, including the senator's wife, came out of it saying, oh my gosh, we lost the debate becau