re: #8 Patricia Kayden

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Geert Wilders’ party got only a quarter of the vote, so though that makes it the largest party, its far from a ringing endorsement by the Dutch electorate, and he had to significantly tone down his anti-islamic bigotry to get that much. Hopefully the other major parties will stand firm in refusing to form a government he heads.

#UPDATE Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders’ already difficult task of forming a government became even harder on Friday, when the head of the ruling party immediately snubbed a role in his cabinet.
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