Whose on First?

Lame-Duck Chancellor Schroeder and CDU Leader Merkel are currently trying to form a coalition with the incumbent SPD and the CDU/CSU (the winners of the 2005 Bundestag elections). They are currently arguing who should be Chancellor, Schroeder or Merkel.

My take, just give Merkel the Chancellorship. Her party has the majority (a slim one, but still a majority), Schroeder is increasingly unpopular, and the German people clearly want change. I demand that Schroeder step down and give Merkel the Chancellorship.