Behold, The Power of Tax Cuts

Communists out on their ears again in Poland. Angela Merkel take note: the winners promised tax cuts. I also note this potential electoral complication, which seems like the beginning of a Polish joke if we were still allowed to tell them.

Poland also will hold presidential elections Oct. 9, with a likely runoff vote two weeks later. Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczynski, the identical twin brother of the Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, is one of two leading candidates in that race. The other is Tusk. Jaroslaw Kaczynski has said that, if his brother wins, he would renounce the premiership in order to spare Poland the confusion of two leaders who look alike.