“The PP has spent 3 years thinking about the election (in 2008), but I think that one has to give them some advice: to prepare themselves to carry on thinking, but about the election in 2012.”

— José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Meeting on the 14th August 2007 in Jerez, predicting another PSOE victory in the 2008 elections.
Source: ABC http://www.abc.es/20070815/nacional-politica/zapatero-advierte-sera-firme_200708150245.html
As President, 2007

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