The recent success of the right in the Euro elections suggests that this crisis hasn't yielded any gains for the left, which is perhaps understandable, given their lack of real ideas, though less understandable, given the right's lack of the same. Maybe the generally confused values of the former is a decisive factor?
The European left seems animated by self-righteousness and resentment more than anything... this is not translating into political power, for obvious reasons. Germany, where Die Linke is comparatively strong, is somewhat of an exception. Meanwhile the SPD is being destroyed by their own centrism...
The US example suggests that a new kind of politics needs to be developed, though it isn't yet entirely clear how new Obamism really is... but certainly it suggests a different style, and style is nine tenths of the game...
The European left seems animated by self-righteousness and resentment more than anything... this is not translating into political power, for obvious reasons. Germany, where Die Linke is comparatively strong, is somewhat of an exception. Meanwhile the SPD is being destroyed by their own centrism...
The US example suggests that a new kind of politics needs to be developed, though it isn't yet entirely clear how new Obamism really is... but certainly it suggests a different style, and style is nine tenths of the game...