Greeks stuck in political impasse, no new govt yet

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coalition talks remained deadlocked Wednesday, with conservative leader Antonis Samaras denouncing calls by the head of the radical left party to reject the country’s international bailout.

In the past week, as I expected, the ECB, Troika, German officials and others have all warned Greeks to not vote for Alexis Tsipras and his radical-left party Syriza. The question is will it backfire. I suggest it already has. The pertinent question is whether it backfire enough to matter. Please consider Greeks rail against 'crude' German editorial.