The Greek election, expected by the end of March, seems unlikely to produce an outright winner, meaning coalition talks could drag out and prolong uncertainty.
Yet, unlike either Bill Clinton or Mr. Blair, Mr. Schroder operates in a political system that works against single winners, creating coalitions that, in turn, call forth compromise and consensus -- not exactly his style.
The big winner, Syriza, a coalition of leftist radicals that came second, squarely blamed Merkel for the mess.
Whereas Fidesz-KDNP is the electoral loser but political winner, the opposition coalition Unity is the electoral winner but political loser.
Salmond quickly presented his party as the rightful winner and, when coalition negotiations with the Liberal Democrats failed over the question of an independence referendum, he formed a minority government.
"However if the idea proved popular it could be resurrected by the next government and in the meantime it could be a vote winner for the coalition," he said.
The winners, from a coalition of the Workers Party, or P.T., and the Brazilian Communist Party, assumed positions as the director of participations and director of planning.
Another general election was called in September of 2015, with SYRIZA emerging yet again as the winners, forming another coalition government with ANEL.
Bennett, leader of the pro-settlement Jewish Home party, was one of the unexpected winners of the coalition negotiations after Liebermann's dramatic withdrawal suddenly put him in the position of kingmaker, despite his party only holding six seats.
The big winner was Syriza (Left Coalition), which surprised even opinion pollsters by coming in second, sucking support from Pasok.
