The rain in Spain may be coming to an end.
Certainly good news to sleep on, from the Associated Press:
MADRID – Spain's ruling Socialists suffered a crushing defeat to conservatives in local and regional elections Sunday, yielding power even in traditional strongholds against a backdrop of staggering unemployment and unprecedented sit-ins by Spaniards furious with what they see as politicians who don't care about their plight.
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the result was due punishment of his government for the state of the economy — the jobless rate is a eurozone high of 21.3 percent. But he said he had no plans to move up general elections, which must be held by March of next year, and pledged to press on with job-creating reforms despite the loud outcry of opposition to his party.
The win for the conservative opposition Popular Party puts it in even a stronger position to win the general elections and return to power after eight years of Socialist rule.
Zapatero is, without a doubt, one of the most driven, anti-Catholic leaders in the Western world. From the get-go, he has pursued one policy after another that has cut at the heart of traditional values and mores in Spain. He still has some time left in office (unless an early general election is called, which is doubtful) but tonight's outcome is a good indicator of what voters will do with him in '12, hopefully the same thing ours will do with Obama.
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