Italians vote in polls seen key to financial crisis

blocked Berlusconi’s direct view of the topless women...

Berlusconi has seen plenty of topless women. Most of them underage and paid for it, apparently. Too bad the Italians can't rent an island from the Brits for the old jerk. Where what that they stuffed Napoleon?

Hope this goes the way of BErlusconi and GRillo and Italy finally gives up with Europe. This Euro "crisis" has gone on way too long.

" Leading the electoral pack is Pier Luigi Bersani, a former communist who has shown…" support for Obama, as well.

They'll probably vote against austerity now, and winge loudly when their economy completely fails.

I'm Italian. Yeah, we have many problems, but all the Western world has many troubles today. We are not an isolated case. Italy is a country that gave a lot to the world, and despite our faults, we have also many merits. We won't fail. Both Greece and Italy created a HUGE part of European culture. It's shameful for some people bashing our countries, hoping for our collapse, when we made a great part of Western culture.

It's shameful for some people bashing our countries, hoping for our collapse, when we made a great part of Western culture.

don't worry, italy/greece are not alone. china contributed a great part to Eastern culture, yet the majority of the world bashes it and hopes for it's collapse.

@maglev101: true, and sad.