Germans Go To The Polls In Federal Elections

BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 27: Guido Westerwelle (L), leader of Free Democratic Party (FDP) political party and Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L) of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) political party, German Foreign Minister and lead candidate of the German Social Democrats (SPD) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (3rd R), Juergen Trittin (2nd R), co-lead candidate for the German Greens party and Oskar Lafontaine (R), co-chairman of the Die Linke left-wing political party, attend a television interview at ARD Hauptstadtstudio on September 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Henning Schacht-Pool/Getty Images)