ROTENBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 04: Andrea Ypsilanti (C), head of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the German state of Hesse waves during her arrival at an extraordinary party convention on October 4, 2008 in Rotenburg near Kassel, Germany. The delegates decide if Ypsilanti should be elected as governor of the German state of Hesse, tolerated by the left-wing party Die Linke. Hesse has been in political turmoil since inconclusive elections at the beginning of this year. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)