Seems Prodi's coalition got the Chamber of Deputies but Berlusconi got the Senate. Which is no good at all!
I was hoping for better results, but since as Berserker said Berlusconi had great mediatic impact, especially on ignorant masses, this isn't very surprising.
Berlusconi is a person who shouldn't be allowed to speak in public. This implies he shouldn't be allowed to rule a country as well. He said many interesting things in the last years. He said he's like Napoleon and Jesus Christ. He called Martin Schulz "kapo", he said Chinese boiled children under communism, he called those voting for the center-left coalition "pricks" in more than one occasion.... Just to mention a few of his most memorable moments...
Other members of his coalition aren't any better. Alessandra Mussolini - yes, she's the granddaughter of Benito - said "better fascist than gay", Tremonti, a member of Berlusconi's cabinet said Netherlands is adopting Nazi-style eugenics laws under the banner of euthanasia. Minister Calderoli had T-shirts printed with those satirical cartoons that caused all the troubles with the Islam extremists.
So you see... they're just a bunch of ignorants and arrogants.
Letting the center-right rule the country for another five years would mean destroy the country itself. I'm glad Prodi's Union got the Chamber of Deputies, but just for a few votes. The center-right coalition is rejecting the present results and declared they will request to count every vote again. Reminds me a lot what happened with the Bush/Gore elections
BTW, we are still waiting for for official results of the votes of Italians who are living abroad. But a split Parliament doesn't make much sense. It's like saying the other half of this country is rotten
