Five Star Movement (Eurosceptic) Surges into Second Place in Italian Polls

Reader Andrea who is from Italy but now lives in France writes ... Hi Mish, Here is a link to a web site that produces charting polls for Italian elections. Click on the tab "I quattro poli". It shows a polynomial regression of the four major political parties. Just for your info, a short translation of the legenda: Centro-Sinistra is the Center-Left coalition, Centro-Destra is the Center-Right coalition, Centro is of course Center (actually it is the coalition more supportive of Monti and actually seeking to have him for a second term as PM), and M5S is the usual acronym for Movimento 5 Stelle (Five Star Movement). As you can see, Center-Left is for the moment the clear winner and M5S has now overcome Center-Right. I still think that a stall in Senate is likely anyway (which in some way could favor Monti for a second term as PM). The other remarkable thing is that the people decl...