German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder arrives to a meeting of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin August 30, 2005. Few pollsters believe Schroeder can stage a last-ditch rally, as he did in 2002, but a number of peculiarities about Germans' post-war voting habits may offer him a glimmer of hope. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch FAB/CVI