AND THE WINNER IS...

[tocqueville]

(her t-shirt says "uncle for president")


Evviva Prodi !

vaffanculo Berlusconi

[Beetwasher]

1. Thank Goodness!!! For A While I Thought We'd See Some Diebold Magic

Way to go Italy!!!

It's really an astounding victory if you think about all the cards he had stacked against him.

[saltpoint]

3. All night the reports were conflicting & confusing, but it looks as if

this guy's in the winner's circle.

Hot dog. A change for the better.

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. Relief! nt

[MrMonk]

4. Did he win in both houses?

[tocqueville]

5. in theory yes

Twelve hours after polling stations closed, Prodi declared that his coalition had secured a majority in both houses of parliament and promised to unify Italy after a highly divisive, acrimonious election campaign.

"We have won," Prodi told flag-waving supporters who had waited until the early hours in a Rome square as the count ebbed and flowed in the closest election in modern Italian history.

Berlusconi is asking for a recount

[NYC]

6. That's excellent news.

Doubtful a recount will do Berlucsconi any good.