Even against the finest machinations the political establishment can produce, sometimes those cranky, knuckling-dragging peasants still do the exact opposite of what the end result was meant to be.
Romania is starting to look like a classic example of overcooking the goose, because, however well-meaning or even honest the intentions of the election bureaucracy and the country’s court system were, the Romanian people certainly appear to believe that they weren’t, have taken a diametrically opposing viewpoint, and are acting on it.
Particularly as they believe assertions have been made to justify drastic actions taken, with little evidence provided for the doing so.
A quick recap is in order to keep the players and offenses straight.
No matter who wins Sunday’s first round of the Romanian presidential election, it is a crisis for the country, for the European…