Take a look at this map, but be advised that in Italia red = blue (centrosinistra or center/left) and blue = red (center/right).
Abasso la destra!
This map charts the findings of "exit polls and projections" for Sunday and Monday's regional elections in Italy, home of Bush's cagnolino da compagnia(*1) Berlusconi.
More esultanza(*2) below the fold.
1 lapdog
2 jubilation
Here's what
La Repubblica is saying:
Il centrosinistra tiene le sue regioni e ne strappa 6 al Polo: più del 50% dei voti. Conquistate Piemonte, Calabria, Abruzzo e Liguria.
English translation
The center left holds onto its regions and grabs six [regions] from Polo [Berlusconi's aptly named "Freedom Alliance" -- that's Freedom as in Freedom Fries or, now, Freedom Noodles*!]: [The Center-Left wins] more than 50% of the votes, conquering Piedmont, Calabria, Abruzzo and Liguria.
This would be like Dems winning Florida ... and Alabama to boot! And all the commentators are commenting that it's even more remarkable occurring during a period of X-TREME national mourning for il Papa.
Also worth noting: Guiliana Sgrena's paper, Il Manifesto has a great cartoon with the caption:
"Berlusconi won't be taking part in the Pope's funeral --
"-- he's too busy arranging his own!"
Update [2005-4-4 21:44:11 by matt n nyc]: Great diary by Donna di Roma
at Booman