Last Thursday, when previewing the outcome of Sunday’s Berlin election, we said that “Merkel Braces For More Misery With Humiliating Berlin Election Rout.” And, as Reuters, observes, that is precisely what happened after Angela Merkel’s conservatives suffered their second electoral blow in two weeks on Sunday, with support for her Christian Democrats (CDU) plunging to a post-reunification low in a Berlin state vote due to unease with her migrant policy.