Germany: Steinmeier is no Schroder

Why do the social dems send their man in a race which he cant win? Usain Bolt leaves currently the entire behind him, as so Frank Walter Steinmeier. While sunday evening 10 mio people watched the wondersprinter, the candidate for chancellor brought only 800.000 in front of the TV. Even "the perfect celeb-dinner" had twice the attention as Steinmeiers clearly undoped Solo-appearance, not to speak of a Tatort episode. But Steinmeier reached far out into the jungle-reigns of private television (there was a soap recently out of the jungle of Australia). Even his family planning became topic.
But even then he didnt comply to the seduction in which his predecessor gave in. In a similiar bad situation Schroder began 4 years ago to drop parts of his agenda 2010. By it, he lifted his party out of the depth of the polls. Only by a hair he missed the percentage of the conservatives. This mixture out of no scruples and willful thrive for office is foreign to Steinmeier. The challenger got difficulty to make an unreasoned accusation towards the chancellor concerning the interior; this needs to be done by Muentefering each time.
But also concerning foreign policy Steinmeier doesnt like to yield an inch of his positions.
The clearest case is Afghanistan. Many within the ranks of the social dems remember that Schroder had the opponents look pale when it came to war and peace.
Steinmeier though stays with defending the war at the Hindukus; he cant duck as easy as others in this case.
As of now the party follows him in this matter.But the duty could turn cracky if the situation worsens after the presidential election or the situation doesnt improve for the social dems after the vote -permanently.
but a sudden change of course would question the credibility of the candidate and would challenge the international trust into Germany. Despite, the conservatives would hardly remain in their postions if the social dems becoms pacifists again. So, on this lane, theres also no gain for Steinmeier.