I recently wrote an article, The Decline of Leftism in Europe, which outlined just how badly the Left in Europe has done in elections since Operation Iraqi Freedom: A conservative ousted a Leftist as President of Germany, then a conservative ousted a Leftist as Chancellor of Germany, then a conservative pro-American ousted an anti-American (Chirac) as President of France, then a conservative pro-American ousted a Leftist as Prime Minister of Italy .
