Looking at the polls in the perspective of the elections, anyone would notice how helpless, lacking vigor, insipid, and even clueless are those eager to climb as high as possible, towards the supreme peak of the Romanian political pyramid.
Because none of our notorious leaders, but absolutely none of them, is established – at least in the polls – as a strong locomotive of the party proposing him as a presidential candidate, supporting him, and praising him on all channels, as the perfect, energetic, and capable man to lead the country.
On the contrary, in all cases, the party is the engine pulling hard for its candidate, pushing him forward not because he is wiser, more beloved, or more magnificent than others, but only because there is no better alternative.
It is not, or at least, it is not noticeable, as I refuse to believe that out of nearly twenty million of us, none are today as grand as our ancestors who gained independence, unified the country, and advanced the once modest principalities, making them today a modern Romania.
I wouldn't even compare any of them to Mr. Marcel Ciolacu, for example, who wants to be the supreme leader of the country, aiming to reach the second round and even emerge as the winner, according to the survey conducted by Mr. Marius Pieleanu's company, known more as a friend of the PSD than as an objective and impartial researcher of public opinion. That's my opinion.
According to the recent survey by Mr. Pieleanu's company, Ciolacu is in 1st place in the presidential race, meaning the "favorite" of the election, with an approval rating of 30%, while in the parliamentary elections, the party that the same Ciolacu should lead as its locomotive is estimated at 33%.
Does this somehow indicate that Mr. Ciolacu is the leader capable of guiding the party to glory and the country to greatness, or does it show that the party is there to manipulate Ciolacu unanimously, for reasons unknown to me and that I wouldn't want to know?
But I'm not ashamed of the liberals either. The survey shows that they are supported by 22% of the electorate in the parliamentary elections, while in the presidential race, the one who should be the party's locomotive, leader Ciucă, barely reaches a modest 17%.
The party is pulling Ciucă up with all its might, instead of Ciucă pulling the party! They pull, just to at least get him to the second round and prevent him from being overtaken by a Lasconi, a Simion, or some other unforeseen contender. Don't you think so?
Speaking of Lasconi, I find it surprising that even this star, so talkative on TV and radiant on posters, doesn't hint that she would lead her party (estimated at 15%). She even settles for being led by the party, albeit with a slight difference (currently 14%).
With all due respect for Mrs. Elena Lasconi, with all admiration for what she has done and continues to do in the city where she is mayor, I dare to point out that - as the saying goes - there is still a long way to go.
But the surprise of surprises, in my opinion, is the leader of AUR, Mr. George Simion. The man who seemed like a high-speed locomotive, something without which the party would stand still, or even go in reverse, if he didn't contribute, is positioned behind his party in the polls.
Admittedly, just one point behind, but behind, not in front, as would be normal for a true leader (he 11%, the party 12%).
Setting aside UDMR (the Hungarian minority), where the case is atypical, although Mr. Hunor (2%) doesn't seem positioned as the party's locomotive (5%), and setting aside Mrs. Șoșoacă, the only one tied with her party (7% = 7%), I notice what I mentioned at the beginning, that none of those aspiring to the Cotroceni throne ranks above the party in Mr. Pieleanu's polls.
None except for another atypical case, that of Mr. Geoană, the independent who, unsupported by any party, not even officially in the presidential race yet, and even "disrupted" by some and others (but mostly by some), still ranks third with 15%, well below Ciolacu, slightly below Ciucă, and well ahead of others.
I won't venture to make my own prediction about Mr. Geoană's chances. But I do notice what everyone sees, that as long as all candidates fit into the same common denominator of being overshadowed by the organization supporting them, the chances of an independent candidate increase significantly.
And if, in the meantime, there is no sort of Deus ex Machina, a kind of knight on a white horse who is something other than the dull, insipid, and even obtuse politician, as the voter arriving at the polls surely labels him from now on, the chances of the non-aligned rise, and those of the politicians decline.
Even if the likes of Ciolacu raise pensions, Ciucă puts himself on all posters, Lasconi appears on all screens, Simion beats his chest, and Pieleanu only conducts surveys with PSD as the winner and Ciolacu eagerly breathing down the party's neck.